GRE Word List
TRANSITORY
of brief duration : temporary
The meaning of the word transitory is of brief duration : temporary.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ignite | to set afire |
| hamper | to restrict the movement of by bonds or obstacles : impede |
| calamity | a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering |
| homage | a feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord |
| interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |
| frenzied | feeling or showing great or abnormal excitement or emotional disturbance |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| proselytize | to induce someone to convert to one's faith |
| gesticulation | the act of making gestures |
| exonerate | to relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship |