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 |
|---|---|
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| rapt | lifted up and carried away |
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| ostensible | intended for display : open to view |
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |
| effusion | an act of effusing |
| discord | lack of agreement or harmony (as between persons, things, or ideas) |
| comprehensive | covering completely or broadly : inclusive |
| consanguineous | of the same blood or origin |