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 |
|---|---|
| tickle | to touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements |
| tact | a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense |
| sensuous | of or relating to the senses or sensible objects |
| archaeology | the scientific study of material remains (such as tools, pottery, jewelry, stone walls, and monuments) of past human life and activities |
| douse | to plunge into water |
| benevolent | marked by or disposed to doing good |
| pristine | belonging to the earliest period or state : original |
| perimeter | the boundary of a closed plane figure |
| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |
| perpetual | continuing forever : everlasting |