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 |
|---|---|
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |
| fresco | the art of painting on freshly spread moist lime plaster with water-based pigments |
| adage | a saying often in metaphorical form that typically embodies a common observation |
| brunt | the principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack) |
| fluctuate | to shift back and forth uncertainly |
| affiliation | the state or relation of being closely associated or affiliated with a particular person, group, party, company, etc. |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
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| perspicuous | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |