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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| frolicsome | full of gaiety : playful |
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| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| chip | a small usually thin and flat piece (as of wood or stone) cut, struck, or flaked off |
| indoctrinate | to imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle |
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| inestimable | incapable of being estimated or computed |
| ostracize | to exile by ostracism |
| premonitory | giving warning |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |