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
buffoona ludicrous figure : clown
sagaciousof keen and farsighted penetration and judgment : discerning
frigidintensely cold
intuitionthe power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference
parasitean organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host
substantialconsisting of or relating to substance
bewitchto influence or affect especially injuriously by witchcraft
empiricaloriginating in or based on observation or experience
quivera case for carrying or holding arrows
residuesomething that remains after a part is taken, separated, or designated or after the completion of a process : remnant