GRE Word List

SCRAPS

fragments of discarded or leftover food

The meaning of the word scraps is fragments of discarded or leftover food.

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prunea plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation
claviclea bone of the shoulder girdle typically serving to link the scapula and sternum
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
libidoinstinctual 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
opulencewealth
prolixityunduly prolonged or drawn out : too long
dissentto withhold assent or approval
subalternparticular with reference to a related universal proposition
campa place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers)
psychicof or relating to the psyche : psychogenic