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.
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homely | suggestive or characteristic of a place of residence or home |
embed | to enclose closely in or as if in a matrix |
skittish | lively or frisky in action : capricious |
invidious | of an unpleasant or objectionable nature : obnoxious |
kindred | of a similar nature or character : like |
pigment | a substance that imparts black or white or a color to other materials |
precept | a command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action |
laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
indignity | an act that offends against a person's dignity or self-respect : insult |