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 |
|---|---|
| scrimmage | a minor battle : skirmish |
| affable | being pleasant and at ease in talking to others |
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| cull | to select from a group : choose |
| jargon | the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group |
| jocund | marked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness |
| precursor | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another |
| scrap | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| bastard | a child born to parents who are not married to each other |
| indict | to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of law |