GRE Word List
RESIDUE
something that remains after a part is taken, separated, or designated or after the completion of a process : remnant
The meaning of the word residue is something that remains after a part is taken, separated, or designated or after the completion of a process : remnant.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| totter | to move unsteadily : stagger |
| pastry | a dough that is used to make pies and other baked goods and typically has a high fat content : paste |
| trite | hackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original |
| capitulate | to surrender often after negotiation of terms |
| score | twenty |
| odoriferous | yielding an odor : odorous |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| reparable | capable of being repaired |
| broil | to cook by direct exposure to radiant heat : grill |
| copious | yielding something abundantly |