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 |
|---|---|
| boon | a timely benefit : blessing |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| saline | consisting of or containing salt |
| fawning | seeking or used to seek approval or favor by means of flattery |
| frenetic | marked by fast and energetic, disordered, or anxiety-driven activity : frenzied |
| disconcert | to throw into confusion |
| imprecation | curse |
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| penetrate | to pass into or through |
| crypt | a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground |