GRE Word List

TRANSITORY

of brief duration : temporary

The meaning of the word transitory is of brief duration : temporary.

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WordMeaning
transpireto take place : go on
cartographerone that makes maps
tautologicalinvolving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant
salvagecompensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck
refurbishto brighten or freshen up : renovate
recidivisma tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior
insensibleincapable or bereft of feeling or sensation: such as
restraintan act of restraining : the state of being restrained
giddydizzy
rubblebroken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building