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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| withstand | to stand up against : oppose with firm determination |
| browbeat | to intimidate or disconcert by a stern manner or arrogant speech : bully |
| putrid | being in a state of putrefaction : rotten |
| aristocracy | government by the best individuals or by a small privileged class |
| impassive | giving no sign of feeling or emotion : expressionless |
| enterprising | marked by an independent energetic spirit and by readiness to act |
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| headlong | headfirst |
| annex | to attach as a quality, consequence, or condition |