GRE Word List
TRANSITORY
of brief duration : temporary
The meaning of the word transitory is of brief duration : temporary.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| quotidian | occurring every day |
| valediction | an act of bidding farewell |
| amnesia | loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness |
| flay | to strip off the skin or surface of : skin |
| inaugurate | to induct into an office with suitable ceremonies |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |
| servitude | a condition in which one lacks liberty especially to determine one's course of action or way of life |
| fructify | to bear fruit |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
| lewd | obscene |