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 |
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| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
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| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| promote | to advance in station, rank, or honor : raise |
| dexterous | mentally adroit and skillful : clever |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
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