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 |
|---|---|
| cohabit | to live together as or as if a married couple |
| bridle | the headgear with which a horse is governed and which carries a bit (see bit |
| incapacitate | to deprive of capacity or natural power : disable |
| respite | a period of temporary delay |
| revert | to come or go back (as to a former condition, period, or subject) |
| incentive | something that incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or action |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| brink | edge |
| ratiocination | the process of exact thinking : reasoning |
| ravenous | rapacious |