GRE Word List
REMNANT
a usually small part, member, or trace remaining
The meaning of the word remnant is a usually small part, member, or trace remaining.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| heedless | not taking heed : inconsiderate |
| executioner | one who executes |
| exceptionable | being likely to cause objection : objectionable |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| indomitable | incapable of being subdued : unconquerable |
| laceration | the act of lacerating |
| gerrymander | the act or method of gerrymandering |
| rebuttal | the act of rebutting especially in a legal suit |
| itinerant | traveling from place to place |
| modulate | to tune to a key or pitch |