GRE Word List
TRANSITORY
of brief duration : temporary
The meaning of the word transitory is of brief duration : temporary.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| transpire | to take place : go on |
| cartographer | one that makes maps |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| refurbish | to brighten or freshen up : renovate |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |
| insensible | incapable or bereft of feeling or sensation: such as |
| restraint | an act of restraining : the state of being restrained |
| giddy | dizzy |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |