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 |
|---|---|
| guileless | innocent |
| dapper | neat and trim in appearance |
| encompass | include |
| striated | marked with striations or striae |
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
| engaged | involved in activity : occupied |
| emboss | to raise the surface of into bosses |
| initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |
| shudder | to tremble convulsively : shiver |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |