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

WordMeaning
levitateto rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation
mottoa sentence, phrase, or word inscribed on something as appropriate to or indicative of its character or use
blightedaffected with blight (see blight
battaliona considerable body of troops organized to act together : army
proclivityan inclination or predisposition toward something
convexcurved or rounded outward like the exterior of a sphere or circle
remediablecapable of being remedied
poisebalance
debonairsuave
embezzlementto appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use