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 |
|---|---|
| promote | to advance in station, rank, or honor : raise |
| bastard | a child born to parents who are not married to each other |
| artless | lacking art, knowledge, or skill : uncultured |
| precinct | a part of a territory with definite bounds or functions often established for administrative purposes : district |
| bleak | exposed and barren and often windswept |
| magnate | a person of rank, power, influence, or distinction often in a specified area |
| palpable | capable of being touched or felt : tangible |
| insomnia | prolonged and usually abnormal inability to get enough sleep especially due to trouble falling asleep or staying asleep |
| stolid | having or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional |
| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |