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 |
|---|---|
| adjacent | not distant : nearby |
| quiver | a case for carrying or holding arrows |
| biennial | occurring every two years |
| fusillade | a number of shots fired simultaneously or in rapid succession |
| humor | that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality |
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| smirk | to smile in a smug or condescending way |
| fulminate | to utter or send out with denunciation |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| acidulous | somewhat acid or harsh in taste or manner |