GRE Word List
TRANSITORY
of brief duration : temporary
The meaning of the word transitory is of brief duration : temporary.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| piecemeal | one piece at a time : gradually |
| asunder | into parts |
| atrocity | a shockingly bad or atrocious act, object, or situation |
| quarry | game |
| dint | force |
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |
| ruffian | a brutal person : bully |
| rote | the use of memory usually with little intelligence |
| repartee | a quick and witty reply |
| visceral | felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep |