GRE Word List
TRANSITORY
of brief duration : temporary
The meaning of the word transitory is of brief duration : temporary.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incite | to move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| approbation | commendation |
| resuscitate | to revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness |
| ration | a food allowance for one day |
| assiduous | showing great care, attention, and effort : marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application |
| sultry | very hot and humid : sweltering |
| insidious | having a gradual and cumulative effect : subtle |
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |