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
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bleak | exposed and barren and often windswept |
vitiate | to make faulty or defective : impair |
reiterate | to state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect |
bovine | of, relating to, or resembling bovines and especially the ox or cow |
laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
tureen | a deep and usually covered bowl from which foods (such as soup) are served |
concerted | mutually contrived or agreed on |
centurion | an officer commanding a Roman century |