GRE Word List
TRANSITORY
of brief duration : temporary
The meaning of the word transitory is of brief duration : temporary.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| puissant | having puissance : powerful |
| precarious | dependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments |
| char | any of a genus (Salvelinus) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots |
| salutary | producing a beneficial effect : remedial |
| imposture | the act or practice of deceiving by means of an assumed character or name |
| sublimate | sublime |
| indiscriminate | not marked by careful distinction : deficient in discrimination and discernment |
| crypt | a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground |
| propagate | to cause to continue or increase by sexual or asexual reproduction |
| ironic | relating to, containing, or constituting irony |