GRE Word List
TRANSITION
a change or shift from one state, subject, place, etc. to another
The meaning of the word transition is a change or shift from one state, subject, place, etc. to another.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ecosystem | the complex of a community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit |
| withdrawn | removed from immediate contact or easy approach : isolated |
| artery | any of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body |
| quietude | a quiet state : repose |
| cantankerous | difficult or irritating to deal with |
| perpetuate | to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |
| excise | an internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity |
| dribble | to issue sporadically and in small bits |
| meager | having little flesh : thin |
| matinee | a musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon |