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 |
|---|---|
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| unceremonious | not ceremonious : informal |
| provender | dry food for domestic animals : feed |
| bound | fastened by or as if by a band : confined |
| protract | to prolong in time or space : continue |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| quaff | to drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously |
| affidavit | a sworn statement in writing made especially under oath or on affirmation (see affirmation |
| odoriferous | yielding an odor : odorous |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |