GRE Word List

TRANSITORY

of brief duration : temporary

The meaning of the word transitory is of brief duration : temporary.

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WordMeaning
insubordinationdisobedient to authority
goadto incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad
assentto agree to or approve of something (such as an idea or suggestion) especially after thoughtful consideration : concur
daubto cover or coat with soft adhesive matter : plaster
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity
zephyra breeze from the west
apothegma short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism
xenophobiafear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign
fusionthe act or process of liquefying or rendering plastic by heat
fetefestival