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
amenitiessomething that helps to provide comfort, convenience, or enjoyment
unassailablenot assailable : not liable to doubt, attack, or question
avuncularsuggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality
behooveto be necessary, proper, or advantageous for
reprehensibleworthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable
maladroitlacking adroitness : inept
douseto plunge into water
ogleto glance with amorous invitation or challenge
promptto move to action : incite
incantationa use of spells or verbal charms spoken or sung as a part of a ritual of magic