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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Word | Meaning |
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buffoon | a ludicrous figure : clown |
sagacious | of keen and farsighted penetration and judgment : discerning |
frigid | intensely cold |
intuition | the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference |
parasite | an organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host |
substantial | consisting of or relating to substance |
bewitch | to influence or affect especially injuriously by witchcraft |
empirical | originating in or based on observation or experience |
quiver | a case for carrying or holding arrows |
residue | something that remains after a part is taken, separated, or designated or after the completion of a process : remnant |