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 |
|---|---|
| convoke | to call together to a meeting |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| dossier | a file containing detailed records on a particular person or subject |
| deference | respect and esteem due a superior or an elder |
| retrench | cut down |
| incubus | an evil spirit that lies on persons in their sleep |
| forlorn | bereft |
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
| remittance | a sum of money remitted |
| prompt | to move to action : incite |