GRE Word List
TRANSCENDENT
exceeding usual limits : surpassing
The meaning of the word transcendent is exceeding usual limits : surpassing.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rig | to fit out with rigging |
| ribald | marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude |
| expedient | suitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance |
| isotope | any of two or more species of atoms of a chemical element with the same atomic number and nearly identical chemical behavior but with differing atomic mass or mass number and different physical properties |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| queer | differing in some way from what is usual or normal : odd |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
| ashen | of, relating to, or made from ash wood |
| catharsis | purification or purgation of the emotions (such as pity and fear) primarily through art |