GRE Word List
TRANSITORY
of brief duration : temporary
The meaning of the word transitory is of brief duration : temporary.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| fecundity | fruitful in offspring or vegetation : prolific |
| dally | to act playfully |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| lunatic | affected with a severely disordered state of mind : insane |
| deducible | to determine by reasoning or deduction |
| condign | deserved |
| punctilious | marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions |
| insensible | incapable or bereft of feeling or sensation: such as |
| cameo | a gem carved in relief (see relief |