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 |
|---|---|
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| provident | frugal |
| natty | trimly neat and tidy : smart |
| tenacity | the quality or state of being tenacious |
| anathema | someone or something intensely disliked or loathed |
| imposture | the act or practice of deceiving by means of an assumed character or name |
| entomology | a branch of zoology that deals with insects |
| imbalance | lack of balance : the state of being out of equilibrium or out of proportion |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| tenure | the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office) |