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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| gratis | without charge or recompense : free |
| terminus | either end of a transportation line or travel route |
| lassitude | a condition of weariness or debility : fatigue |
| shunt | to turn off to one side : shift |
| parameter | an arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves) |
| lucre | monetary gain : profit |
| partition | the action of parting : the state of being parted : division |
| apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity : spurious |