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 |
|---|---|
| sanction | a formal decree |
| trickle | to issue or fall in drops |
| circumspect | careful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences : prudent |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
| mincing | affectedly dainty or delicate |
| temper | heat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion |
| minatory | having a menacing quality |
| fulminate | to utter or send out with denunciation |
| soar | to fly aloft or about |
| forfeit | something forfeited or subject to being forfeited (as for a crime, offense, or neglect of duty) : penalty |