GRE Word List

EVANESCENT

tending to vanish like vapor

The meaning of the word evanescent is tending to vanish like vapor.

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WordMeaning
exchequera department or office of state in medieval England charged with the collection and management of the royal revenue and judicial determination of all revenue causes
nexusconnection
phariseea member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law
circumscribeto constrict (see constrict
consolidationthe act or process of consolidating : the state of being consolidated
encumberweigh down
spatefreshet
incarnationthe act of incarnating : the state of being incarnate
extantcurrently or actually existing
dirgea song or hymn of grief or lamentation