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
vacuousemptied of or lacking content
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
gushto issue copiously or violently
primordialfirst created or developed : primeval
plethoraan ample amount or number : abundance
ebbthe reflux of the tide toward the sea
indissolublenot dissoluble
enumerateto ascertain the number of : count
exactingtryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands
resolutionthe act or process of resolving: such as