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 |
|---|---|
| contortions | to twist in a violent manner |
| clangor | a resounding clang or medley of clangs |
| meteoric | of or relating to a meteor |
| chasten | to correct by punishment or suffering : discipline |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |
| remiss | negligent in the performance of work or duty : careless |
| venturesome | inclined to court or incur risk or danger : daring |
| lugubrious | mournful |