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 |
|---|---|
| expiate | to make amends for |
| discrete | constituting a separate entity : individually distinct |
| warranted | sanction |
| throb | to pulsate or pound with abnormal force or rapidity |
| antipathy | a strong feeling of dislike |
| impolitic | not politic : unwise |
| compulsion | an act of compelling |
| takeoff | a rise or leap from a surface in making a jump or flight or an ascent in an aircraft or in the launching of a rocket |
| dorsal | an ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |