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 |
|---|---|
| sleigh | an open usually horse-drawn vehicle with runners for use on snow or ice |
| apex | the uppermost point : vertex |
| demise | death |
| elastic | capable of recovering size and shape after deformation |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| brocade | a rich silk fabric with raised patterns in gold and silver |
| voracious | having a huge appetite : ravenous |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| ideology | a manner or the content of thinking characteristic of an individual, group, or culture |
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |