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 |
|---|---|
| asylum | an inviolable place of refuge and protection giving shelter to criminals and debtors : sanctuary |
| gentle | free from harshness, sternness, or violence |
| microcosm | a little world |
| aria | air |
| droll | having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
| menagerie | a place where animals are kept and trained especially for exhibition |
| anchor | a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom |
| prop | something that props or sustains : support |