GRE Word List
TRANSITORY
of brief duration : temporary
The meaning of the word transitory is of brief duration : temporary.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vixen | a female fox |
| neophyte | a new convert : proselyte |
| mantle | a loose sleeveless garment worn over other clothes : cloak |
| verge | brink |
| tremor | a trembling or shaking usually from physical weakness, emotional stress, or disease |
| eddy | a current of water or air running contrary to the main current |
| susceptible | capable of submitting to an action, process, or operation |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| sanguinary | bloodthirsty |