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 |
|---|---|
| inerrancy | exemption from error : infallibility |
| pittance | a small portion, amount, or allowance |
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| pessimism | an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome |
| gild | to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
| chaplain | a clergyman in charge of a chapel |
| ineffectual | not producing the proper or intended effect : futile |
| dynamo | generator |
| exude | to ooze out |