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 |
|---|---|
| credulity | readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence |
| beware | to be on one's guard |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| masochist | a person who derives sexual gratification from being subjected to physical pain or humiliation : an individual given to masochism |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| low | having a small upward extension or elevation |
| extricate | to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty |
| holster | a leather or fabric case for carrying a firearm on the person (as on the hip or chest), on a saddle, or in a vehicle |
| ebb | the reflux of the tide toward the sea |
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |