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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| excise | an internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity |
| sleazy | lacking firmness of texture : flimsy |
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| purported | reputed |
| optometrist | a specialist licensed to practice optometry compare ophthalmologist |
| aberration | the fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state |
| exegesis | exposition |
| seedy | containing or full of seeds |
| converse | to exchange thoughts and opinions in speech : talk |
| contrivance | a thing contrived |