GRE Word List
TRANSIENT
passing especially quickly into and out of existence : transitory
The meaning of the word transient is passing especially quickly into and out of existence : transitory.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gaffe | a social or diplomatic blunder |
| trickster | one who tricks: such as |
| prevaricate | to deviate from the truth : equivocate |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| graphite | a soft black lustrous form of carbon that conducts electricity and is used in lead pencils and electrolytic anodes, as a lubricant, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors |
| preeminent | having paramount rank, dignity, or importance : outstanding |
| cognitive | of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering) |
| ciliated | possessing cilia |
| rue | to feel penitence, remorse, or regret for |
| mollycoddle | to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention |