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 |
|---|---|
| calamity | a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering |
| comely | pleasurably conforming to notions of good appearance, suitability, or proportion |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| parched | deprived of natural moisture |
| arcane | known or knowable only to a few people : secret |
| plebiscite | a vote by which the people of an entire country or district express an opinion for or against a proposal especially on a choice of government or ruler |
| thespian | actor |
| paleontology | a science dealing with the life of past geologic periods as known from fossil remains |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| disarray | a lack of order or sequence : confusion |