GRE Word List
EPHEMERAL
lasting a very short time
The meaning of the word ephemeral is lasting a very short time.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| libel | a written statement in which a plaintiff in certain courts sets forth the cause of action or the relief sought |
| demur | to take exception : object |
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| irremediable | not remediable |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| gradation | a series forming successive stages |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| bemused | marked by confusion or bewilderment : dazed |