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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veneera thin sheet of a material: such as
indecisiona wavering between two or more possible courses of action : irresolution
rabiesan acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated
sunderto break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space
connubialof or relating to the married state : conjugal
alloythe degree of mixture with base metals : fineness
rationalizeto bring into accord with reason or cause something to seem reasonable: such as
potentialexisting in possibility : capable of development into actuality
carnivoroussubsisting or feeding on animal tissues
menageriea place where animals are kept and trained especially for exhibition