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 |
|---|---|
| insolence | the quality or state of being insolent |
| surpass | to become better, greater, or stronger than : exceed |
| obtrude | to thrust out : extrude |
| fraudulent | characterized by, based on, or done by fraud : deceitful |
| choir | an organized company of singers (as in a church service) |
| schematic | of or relating to a scheme or schema |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| tipple | to drink liquor especially by habit or to excess |
| miasma | a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease |
| egress | a place or means of going out : exit |