GRE Word List
TRANSITORY
of brief duration : temporary
The meaning of the word transitory is of brief duration : temporary.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| discrepancy | the quality or state of disagreeing or being at variance |
| assert | to state or declare positively and often forcefully or aggressively |
| brusque | markedly short and abrupt |
| debris | the remains of something broken down or destroyed |
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |
| embellish | to make beautiful with ornamentation : decorate |
| interrogate | to question formally and systematically |
| incrustation | a crust or hard coating |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |
| trilogy | a series of three dramas or literary works or sometimes three musical compositions that are closely related and develop a single theme |