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 |
|---|---|
| annihilate | to cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains |
| evocative | evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response |
| stellar | of or relating to the stars : astral |
| commune | talk over |
| polemic | an aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| culmination | the action of culminating |
| glower | to look or stare with sullen annoyance or anger |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| gamut | the whole series of recognized musical notes |