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 |
|---|---|
| accede | to express approval or give consent : to agree to a request or demand |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| genteel | having an aristocratic quality or flavor : stylish |
| manumit | to release from slavery |
| dissimulate | to hide under a false appearance |
| equestrian | of, relating to, or featuring horseback riding |
| ruffian | a brutal person : bully |
| momentous | having great or lasting importance : consequential |
| panache | an ornamental tuft (as of feathers) especially on a helmet |
| perversion | the action of perverting : the condition of being perverted |