GRE Word List
TRANSMUTE
to change or alter in form, appearance, or nature and especially to a higher form
The meaning of the word transmute is to change or alter in form, appearance, or nature and especially to a higher form.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| provincial | the superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order |
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |
| patrician | a member of one of the original citizen families of ancient Rome |
| discrete | constituting a separate entity : individually distinct |
| gerontology | the comprehensive multidisciplinary study of aging and older adults compare geriatrics |
| polar | of or relating to a geographic pole or the region around it |
| invective | insulting or abusive language : vituperation |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| irrevocable | not possible to revoke : unalterable |
| beget | to procreate as the father : sire |