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 |
|---|---|
| covert | not openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : veiled |
| foul | offensive to the senses : loathsome |
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| monogram | a sign of identity usually formed of the combined initials of a name |
| somnambulist | an abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (such as walking) are performed |
| megalomania | a mania (see mania |
| psychopathic | of, relating to, or characterized by psychopathy |
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |