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 |
|---|---|
| retiring | reserved |
| layman | a person who is not a member of the clergy |
| sleight | deceitful craftiness |
| convoke | to call together to a meeting |
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| unruly | not readily ruled, disciplined, or managed |
| distort | to twist (see twist |
| burnish | to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing |
| equivocal | subject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse |
| pied | of two or more colors in blotches |