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 |
|---|---|
| plausible | superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| emasculate | to deprive of strength, vigor, or spirit : weaken |
| cascade | a steep usually small fall of water |
| uxorious | excessively fond of or submissive to a wife |
| sheathe | to put into or furnish with a sheath |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| earmark | a mark of identification on the ear of an animal |
| mirth | gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter |
| poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |