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 |
|---|---|
| chaplain | a clergyman in charge of a chapel |
| vociferous | marked by or given to vehement insistent outcry |
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| decorous | marked by propriety and good taste : correct |
| procrastinate | to put off intentionally and habitually |
| fathomless | incapable of being fathomed : immeasurable |
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |
| dummy | a person who is incapable of speaking |
| gruesome | inspiring horror or repulsion : grisly |