GRE Word List
TRANSPIRE
to take place : go on
The meaning of the word transpire is to take place : go on.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| futile | serving no useful purpose : completely ineffective |
| appropriate | especially suitable or compatible : fitting |
| compute | to determine especially by mathematical means |
| repulse | to drive or beat back : repel |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| alleviate | relieve |
| ordain | to invest (see invest |
| rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |
| voluptuous | suggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form |
| precise | exactly or sharply defined or stated |