GRE Word List
TRANSITORY
of brief duration : temporary
The meaning of the word transitory is of brief duration : temporary.
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incorrigible | incapable of being corrected or amended: such as |
sheathe | to put into or furnish with a sheath |
prevalent | generally or widely accepted, practiced, or favored : widespread |
ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
warranty | a real covenant binding the grantor of an estate and the grantor's heirs to warrant and defend the title |
hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
tenant | one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another |
plaster | a medicated or protective dressing that consists of a film (as of cloth or plastic) spread with a usually medicated substance |
exorbitant | not coming within the scope of the law |
suffragist | one who advocates extension of suffrage especially to women |