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 |
|---|---|
| inanimate | not animate: |
| unrequited | not requited : not reciprocated or returned in kind |
| squalor | the quality or state of being squalid |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| hibernal | of, relating to, or occurring in winter |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| retinue | a group of retainers or attendants |
| diadem | crown |
| untenable | not able to be defended |
| lag | one that lags or is last |