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 |
|---|---|
| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |
| carafe | a bottle with a flaring lip used to hold beverages and especially wine |
| herbivorous | feeding on plants |
| well-bred | having or displaying the politeness and good manners associated especially with people of high social class |
| devious | wandering |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| archives | a place in which public records or historical materials (such as documents) are preserved |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
| menagerie | a place where animals are kept and trained especially for exhibition |
| addle | rotten |