GRE Word List
TRANSITORY
of brief duration : temporary
The meaning of the word transitory is of brief duration : temporary.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |
| cataract | a clouding of the lens of the eye or of its surrounding transparent membrane that obstructs the passage of light |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| bliss | complete happiness |
| piety | the quality or state of being pious: such as |
| squalor | the quality or state of being squalid |
| sheer | unqualified |
| variegated | having discrete markings of different colors |
| mammoth | any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair |
| lookout | one engaged in keeping watch : watchman |