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 |
|---|---|
| hoodwink | to deceive by false appearance : dupe |
| shangri-la | a remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia |
| dire | exciting horror |
| reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |
| venturesome | inclined to court or incur risk or danger : daring |
| lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| buffoon | a ludicrous figure : clown |
| winnow | to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air |