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 |
|---|---|
| ribald | marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude |
| poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |
| prototype | an original model on which something is patterned : archetype |
| academic | of, relating to, or associated with an academy or school especially of higher learning |
| interstice | a space that intervenes between things |
| obsequy | a funeral or burial rite |
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| fray | a usually disorderly or protracted fight, struggle, or dispute |
| faze | to disturb the composure of : disconcert |