GRE Word List
TRANSITORY
of brief duration : temporary
The meaning of the word transitory is of brief duration : temporary.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| evoke | to call forth or up: such as |
| residue | something that remains after a part is taken, separated, or designated or after the completion of a process : remnant |
| precedent | prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance |
| calculated | apt |
| vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |
| skimp | skimpy |
| castigation | to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism |
| tenacity | the quality or state of being tenacious |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| orthography | the art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage |