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

WordMeaning
vagaryan erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion
elucidateto make lucid especially by explanation or analysis
empathythe action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner
infiltrateto enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively usually for subversive purposes
reeksmoke
catharsispurification or purgation of the emotions (such as pity and fear) primarily through art
fetefestival
loutto bow in respect
exigencythat which is required in a particular situation
plagiarizeto steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source