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 |
|---|---|
| elaborate | planned or carried out with great care |
| inexorable | not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless |
| consolidation | the act or process of consolidating : the state of being consolidated |
| confidant | one to whom secrets are entrusted |
| philatelist | a specialist in philately : one who collects or studies stamps |
| clamor | noisy shouting |
| parameter | an arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves) |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| dispassionate | not influenced by strong feeling |
| negligible | so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling |