GRE Word List
TRANSITORY
of brief duration : temporary
The meaning of the word transitory is of brief duration : temporary.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| onslaught | an especially fierce attack |
| prominent | standing out or projecting beyond a surface or line : protuberant |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| malleable | capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers |
| finite | having definite or definable limits |
| peer | one that is of equal standing with another : equal |
| tiller | one that tills : cultivator |
| lode | waterway |
| prolong | to lengthen in time : continue |
| infantile | of or relating to infants or infancy |