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 |
|---|---|
| drama | a composition (see composition |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| pandemic | occurring over a wide geographic area (such as multiple countries or continents) and typically affecting a significant proportion of the population |
| clown | farmer |
| gratuity | something given voluntarily or beyond obligation usually for some service |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| leniency | the quality or state of being lenient |
| fiasco | a complete failure |
| nugatory | of little or no consequence : trifling |