GRE Word List

RESIDUAL

remainder

The meaning of the word residual is remainder.

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WordMeaning
historichistorical
precedentprior in time, order, arrangement, or significance
epicureanof or relating to Epicurus or Epicureanism
salaciousarousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination
gradationa series forming successive stages
jaundicedaffected with or as if with jaundice
tarantulaany of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food
squalorthe quality or state of being squalid
sticklerone who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something
abbreviateto make briefer