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 |
|---|---|
| scintillate | to emit sparks : spark |
| disperse | to cause to break up (see break up |
| mischief | a specific injury or damage attributed to a particular agent |
| countenance | look |
| predilection | an established preference for something |
| kleptomaniac | a person evidencing kleptomania |
| confluence | a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point |
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |
| progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line : forefather |
| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |