GRE Word List
TRANSITORY
of brief duration : temporary
The meaning of the word transitory is of brief duration : temporary.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reciprocal | inversely related : opposite |
| contrive | devise |
| gruff | rough, brusque, or stern in manner, speech, or aspect |
| polarize | to cause to vibrate in a definite pattern |
| commemorate | to call to remembrance |
| distort | to twist (see twist |
| phalanx | a body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files |
| effeminate | having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner |
| ironic | relating to, containing, or constituting irony |
| tacit | expressed or carried on without words or speech |