GRE Word List
RESIDUAL
remainder
The meaning of the word residual is remainder.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gruel | a thin porridge |
| perpetuate | to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |
| coddle | to cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point |
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |
| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |
| topography | the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations |
| disingenuous | lacking in candor |
| contrivance | a thing contrived |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |
| stipend | a fixed sum of money paid periodically for services or to defray expenses |