GRE Word List
TRANSITORY
of brief duration : temporary
The meaning of the word transitory is of brief duration : temporary.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tenure | the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office) |
| aspirant | one who aspires |
| callous | being hardened and thickened |
| gourmet | a connoisseur of food and drink |
| consensus | general agreement : unanimity |
| relevant | having significant and demonstrable bearing on the matter at hand |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |
| stolid | having or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional |
| condone | to regard or treat (something bad or blameworthy) as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless |