GRE Word List
DREGS
sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate
The meaning of the word dregs is sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incongruity | the quality or state of being incongruous |
| provocative | serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate |
| vulnerable | capable of being physically or emotionally wounded |
| inter | to deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb |
| abstruse | difficult to comprehend : recondite |
| epicure | one with sensitive and discriminating tastes especially in food or wine |
| sensitization | the action or process of sensitizing |
| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |
| conflagration | fire |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |