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 |
|---|---|
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| bombast | pretentious inflated speech or writing |
| junket | trip |
| contentious | likely to cause disagreement or argument |
| cantankerous | difficult or irritating to deal with |
| duration | continuance in time |
| demur | to take exception : object |
| jocose | given to joking : merry |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
| glow | to shine with or as if with an intense heat |