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 |
|---|---|
| rankle | to cause anger, irritation, or deep bitterness |
| infiltrate | to enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively usually for subversive purposes |
| perspicuity | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| sluggard | a habitually lazy person |
| boor | peasant |
| snivel | to run at the nose |
| dissonance | lack of agreement |
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
| avow | to declare assuredly |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |