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 |
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peddle | to travel about with wares for sale |
slovenly | untidy especially in personal appearance |
objective | expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations |
sound | a particular auditory impression : tone |
camp | a place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers) |
wont | accustomed |
slack | not using due diligence, care, or dispatch : negligent |
shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |
secrete | to form and give off (a secretion) |
feral | of, relating to, or suggestive of a wild beast |