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 |
|---|---|
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| rue | to feel penitence, remorse, or regret for |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| fluted | having or marked by grooves |
| douse | to plunge into water |
| scale | an instrument or machine for weighing |
| harping | a plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard |
| fissure | a narrow opening or crack of considerable length and depth usually occurring from some breaking or parting |
| virtuoso | one who excels in the technique of an art |
| intermediary | mediator |