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 |
|---|---|
| extant | currently or actually existing |
| ancillary | subordinate |
| taxonomist | the study of the general principles of scientific classification : systematics |
| bromide | a binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives |
| woeful | full of woe : grievous |
| definitive | serving to provide a final solution or to end a situation |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| alimony | an allowance made to one spouse by the other for support pending or after legal separation or divorce |
| conjugal | of or relating to the married state or to married persons and their relations : connubial |
| gull | any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae) |