GRE Word List
TRANSITORY
of brief duration : temporary
The meaning of the word transitory is of brief duration : temporary.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| collaborate | to work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor |
| expansive | having a capacity or a tendency to expand |
| blotch | to mark or mar with blotches |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| gloss | a surface luster or brightness : shine |
| fleet | a number of warships under a single command |
| welt | a strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together |
| nourish | nurture |
| mass | the liturgy of the Eucharist (see eucharist |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |