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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commiserateto feel or express sympathy : condole
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taintto contaminate morally : corrupt
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meleea confused struggle
dowdynot neat or becoming in appearance : shabby
exaltto raise in rank, power, or character
tautologicalinvolving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant
convictionthe act or process of finding a person guilty of a crime especially in a court of law