GRE Word List

TRANSITORY

of brief duration : temporary

The meaning of the word transitory is of brief duration : temporary.

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WordMeaning
igniteto set afire
hamperto restrict the movement of by bonds or obstacles : impede
calamitya disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering
homagea feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord
interdicta Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district
frenziedfeeling or showing great or abnormal excitement or emotional disturbance
retroactiveextending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past
proselytizeto induce someone to convert to one's faith
gesticulationthe act of making gestures
exonerateto relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship