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 |
|---|---|
| surreptitious | done, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| fecundity | fruitful in offspring or vegetation : prolific |
| tribunal | a court or forum of justice |
| lucrative | producing wealth : profitable |
| whim | a capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy |
| optimum | the amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| oversee | survey |
| whittle | a large knife |