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 |
|---|---|
| deplete | to empty of a principal substance |
| usage | firmly established and generally accepted practice or procedure |
| passive | acted upon by an external agency |
| squelch | to fall or stamp on so as to crush |
| pendulous | poised without visible support |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| doze | to sleep lightly |
| sanguine | marked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |
| zeal | eagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of something : fervor |