GRE Word List
TRANSITORY
of brief duration : temporary
The meaning of the word transitory is of brief duration : temporary.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| chore | the regular or daily light work of a household or farm |
| nauseous | causing nausea or disgust : nauseating |
| allay | to subdue or reduce in intensity or severity : alleviate |
| alcove | a small recessed section of a room : nook |
| stickler | one who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something |
| tribulation | distress or suffering resulting from oppression or persecution |
| affirmation | the act of affirming |
| parry | to ward off a weapon or blow |
| immure | to enclose within or as if within walls |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |