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 |
|---|---|
| pallet | a straw-filled tick or mattress |
| contest | strive |
| graze | to feed on growing herbage, attached algae, or phytoplankton |
| despot | a ruler with absolute power and authority |
| predispose | to dispose in advance |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| pedant | one who is unimaginative or who unduly emphasizes minutiae in the presentation or use of knowledge |
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |
| secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |
| imperil | to bring into peril : endanger |