GRE Word List
RESIDUAL
remainder
The meaning of the word residual is remainder.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| masticate | to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| venerable | calling forth respect through age, character, and attainments |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| besmirch | to cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of (something) : sully |
| kneel | to position the body so that one or both knees rest on the floor |
| alms | something (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| dissuade | to advise (a person) against something |