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 |
|---|---|
| wake | to be or remain awake |
| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |
| sly | wise in practical affairs |
| outspoken | direct and open in speech or expression : frank |
| recrimination | a retaliatory accusation |
| dissonance | lack of agreement |
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |
| blackball | to vote against |
| matriarch | a woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |