GRE Word List
EVANESCENT
tending to vanish like vapor
The meaning of the word evanescent is tending to vanish like vapor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| importunate | troublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand |
| sylvan | one that frequents groves or woods |
| germinal | being in the earliest stage of development |
| verisimilitude | the quality or state of being verisimilar |
| kindle | to start (a fire) burning : light |
| sectarian | of, relating to, or characteristic of a sect or sectarian |
| perspicuous | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| obliterate | to remove utterly from recognition or memory |
| imbibe | drink |