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 |
|---|---|
| contusion | injury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| sere | being dried and withered |
| sober | not intoxicated |
| translucent | permitting the passage of light: |
| vigil | the act of keeping awake at times when sleep is customary |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| piscatorial | piscatory |
| upright | perpendicular |
| sinuous | of a serpentine or wavy form : winding |