GRE Word List

TEMPORAL

of or relating to time as opposed to eternity

The meaning of the word temporal is of or relating to time as opposed to eternity.

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WordMeaning
vendettablood feud
phoenixa legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
antecedeprecede
quotidianoccurring every day
construeto analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part)
rebusa representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound
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sleightdeceitful craftiness
corrosivetending or having the power to corrode