GRE Word List
RESIDUAL
remainder
The meaning of the word residual is remainder.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| devious | wandering |
| provocative | serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate |
| skiff | any of various small boats |
| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |
| deplore | to feel or express grief for |
| coup | a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'état |
| hubris | exaggerated pride or self-confidence |
| tender | marked by, responding to, or expressing the softer emotions : fond |
| penetrate | to pass into or through |