GRE Word List
TRANSITORY
of brief duration : temporary
The meaning of the word transitory is of brief duration : temporary.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| deplore | to feel or express grief for |
| laborious | involving, requiring, or characterized by hard and sustained effort : arduous |
| dilatory | tending or intended to cause delay |
| dummy | a person who is incapable of speaking |
| chuckle | to laugh inwardly or quietly |
| mobile | capable of moving or being moved : movable |
| forum | the marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| synchronous | happening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time |
| pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |