GRE Word List
VESTIGE
a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost
The meaning of the word vestige is a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| enfranchise | to set free (as from slavery) |
| garbled | made unclear or confusing : distorted or mixed up |
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| slander | to utter slander against : defame |
| nomenclature | name |
| compilation | the act or process of compiling |
| putrefy | to make putrid |
| slaughter | the act of killing |
| distend | extend |