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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WordMeaning
dermatologista branch of medicine dealing with the skin, its structure, functions, and diseases
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
discriminateto mark or perceive the distinguishing or peculiar features of
impoliticnot politic : unwise
vegetateto lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind
retaliateto return like for like
whinnyto neigh especially in a low or gentle way
insatiableincapable of being satisfied : quenchless
encipherto convert (a message) into cipher
historicalof, relating to, or having the character of history