GRE Word List
TRANSITORY
of brief duration : temporary
The meaning of the word transitory is of brief duration : temporary.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
| overthrow | overturn |
| acclimate | to adapt (someone) to a new temperature, altitude, climate, environment, or situation |
| provender | dry food for domestic animals : feed |
| pass_off | present falsely; represent falsely to be |
| misconstrue | to interpret (something, such as a statement or action) wrongly : misinterpret |
| encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |
| subside | to sink or fall to the bottom : settle |
| infraction | the act of infringing : violation |
| hem | a border of a cloth article doubled back and stitched down |