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
penumbraa space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light
enervatelacking physical, mental, or moral vigor : enervated
anthema song or hymn of praise or gladness
drossthe scum or unwanted material that forms on the surface of molten metal
cowerto shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays
hysteriaa psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral
scalean instrument or machine for weighing
debunkto expose the sham (see sham
perspicaciousof acute mental vision or discernment : keen
prodto thrust a pointed instrument into : prick