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 |
|---|---|
| referendum | the principle or practice of submitting to popular vote a measure passed on or proposed by a legislative body or by popular initiative |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| debase | to lower in status, esteem, quality, or character |
| woeful | full of woe : grievous |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |
| therapeutic | of or relating to the treatment of disease or disorders by remedial agents or methods : curative |
| cipher | zero |
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |
| consequential | of the nature of a secondary result : indirect |