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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|---|---|
| wry | twist |
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| comprehensive | covering completely or broadly : inclusive |
| mealymouthed | not plain and straightforward : devious |
| testy | easily annoyed : irritable |
| causal | expressing or indicating cause : causative |
| protract | to prolong in time or space : continue |
| career | a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling |
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