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 |
|---|---|
| executioner | one who executes |
| temperament | characteristic or habitual inclination or mode of emotional response |
| glutinous | having the quality of glue : gummy |
| boisterous | noisily turbulent : rowdy |
| persevere | to persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement |
| hirsute | hairy |
| reiterate | to state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect |
| ambrosia | the food of the Greek and Roman gods |
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |