GRE Word List

EVANESCENT

tending to vanish like vapor

The meaning of the word evanescent is tending to vanish like vapor.

Random words

WordMeaning
vitreousresembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy
dinghya small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat
transcendentexceeding usual limits : surpassing
bulliongold or silver considered as so much metal
rivuleta small stream
antediluvianof or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible
comatoseof, resembling, or affected with coma
aperturean opening or open space : hole
relishcharacteristic flavor
supplecompliant often to the point of obsequiousness