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 |
|---|---|
| titillate | to excite pleasurably : arouse by stimulation |
| herbivorous | feeding on plants |
| blackball | to vote against |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| cession | a yielding to another : concession |
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
| gracious | marked by kindness and courtesy |
| hypochondriac | hypochondriacal |
| percussion | the act of percussing: such as |
| tranquillity | the quality or state of being tranquil |