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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WordMeaning
restivestubbornly resisting control : balky
compartmenta separate division or section
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disquietudeanxiety
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gorgea narrow passage through land
rebuketo criticize sharply : reprimand
cantoone of the major divisions of a long poem
debilitateto impair the strength of : enfeeble
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