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 |
|---|---|
| commandeer | to compel to perform military service |
| spoilsport | one who spoils the sport or pleasure of others |
| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |
| dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |
| primate | a bishop who has precedence in a province, a group of provinces, or a nation |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| fake | not true, real, or genuine : counterfeit |
| constraint | the act of constraining |
| enact | to establish by legal and authoritative act |
| vitriolic | bitterly harsh or caustic language or criticism |