GRE Word List
TRANSITORY
of brief duration : temporary
The meaning of the word transitory is of brief duration : temporary.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| supplicant | one who supplicates |
| substantive | having substance : involving matters of major or practical importance to all concerned |
| febrile | marked or caused by fever : feverish |
| surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |
| jibe | to be in accord : agree |
| antidote | a remedy to counteract the effects of poison |
| acute | characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset |
| endue | provide |
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |