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 |
|---|---|
| ameliorate | to make better or more tolerable |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| agitate | to excite and often trouble the mind or feelings of : disturb |
| wrest | to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements |
| provision | the act or process of providing |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| hail | precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps usually consisting of concentric layers of clear ice and compact snow |
| matrimony | the state of being married : marriage |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| stun | to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze |