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
traverseto go or travel across or over
vertebrateany of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life
firebranda piece of burning wood
deleteto eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing
unanimitythe quality or state of being unanimous
aberrantdeviating from the usual or natural type : atypical
degeneratehaving declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state
exiguousexcessively scanty : inadequate
cresta showy tuft or process on the head of an animal and especially a bird see bird illustration
awryoff the correct or expected course : amiss