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 |
|---|---|
| repository | a place, room, or container where something is deposited or stored : depository |
| unwarranted | lacking adequate or official support : not warranted : unjustified |
| haggard | not tamed |
| edict | a proclamation having the force of law |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| invincible | incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued |
| misadventure | misfortune |
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
| wheedle | to influence or entice by soft words or flattery |