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 |
|---|---|
| frail | easily led into evil |
| pervasive | existing in or spreading through every part of something |
| nostrum | a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness |
| automaton | a mechanism that is relatively self-operating |
| glimmer | to shine faintly or unsteadily |
| confide | to have confidence : trust |
| prefatory | of, relating to, or constituting a preface |
| monotony | tedious sameness |
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| broach | brooch |