GRE Word List

EPHEMERAL

lasting a very short time

The meaning of the word ephemeral is lasting a very short time.

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quarrygame
disjointedbeing thrown out of orderly function
flagany of various monocotyledonous plants with long ensiform leaves: such as
mountebanka person who sells quack medicines from a platform
inditemake up
accostto approach and speak to (someone) in an often challenging or aggressive way
argotthe language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group
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obduratestubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
allayto subdue or reduce in intensity or severity : alleviate