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 |
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denigrate | to attack the reputation of : defame |
viand | an item of food |
polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
subversive | the act of subverting : the state of being subverted |
presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
dogmatic | characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts |
reparable | capable of being repaired |
subsidy | a grant or gift of money: such as |
debris | the remains of something broken down or destroyed |
pallet | a straw-filled tick or mattress |