GRE Word List
TRANSITORY
of brief duration : temporary
The meaning of the word transitory is of brief duration : temporary.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| apiculture | the keeping of bees especially on a large scale |
| encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |
| advocacy | the act or process of supporting a cause or proposal : the act or process of advocating (see advocate |
| milieu | the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment |
| glib | showing little forethought or preparation : offhand |
| predator | an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| obligatory | binding in law or conscience |
| aboriginal | being the first or earliest known of its kind present in a region |
| douse | to plunge into water |