GRE Word List
TRANSITORY
of brief duration : temporary
The meaning of the word transitory is of brief duration : temporary.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| geniality | marked by or freely expressing sympathy or friendliness |
| bruise | an injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion |
| erratic | having no fixed course : wandering |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| denomination | an act of denominating |
| retribution | recompense |
| careen | to put (a ship or boat) on a beach especially in order to clean, caulk, or repair the hull |
| culvert | a transverse drain |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| amalgamate | to unite in or as if in an amalgam |