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 |
|---|---|
| impediment | something that impedes |
| cumbersome | unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk |
| faculty | ability |
| lust | usually intense or unbridled sexual desire : lasciviousness |
| refectory | a dining hall (as in a monastery or college) |
| prosperity | the condition of being successful or thriving |
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
| banal | lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |