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 |
|---|---|
| infidel | one who is not a Christian or who opposes Christianity |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| sloth | disinclination to action or labor : indolence |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| puerile | juvenile |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |
| noisome | noxious |
| temperate | having a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature |
| maleficent | working or productive of harm or evil : baleful |