GRE Word List
TRANSITORY
of brief duration : temporary
The meaning of the word transitory is of brief duration : temporary.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| jaunty | sprightly in manner or appearance : lively |
| impalpable | incapable of being felt by touch : intangible |
| frantic | emotionally out of control |
| promontory | a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water |
| portend | to give an omen or anticipatory sign of |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| daunt | to lessen the courage of : cow |
| turbid | thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment |
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
| fulcrum | prop |