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 |
|---|---|
| winnow | to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air |
| tribunal | a court or forum of justice |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| uncanny | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie |
| foppish | foolish |
| natal | native |
| avow | to declare assuredly |
| halfhearted | lacking heart, spirit, or interest |
| duplicity | contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action |
| constituent | a member of a constituency |