GRE vocabulary

Liminal

Relating to a transitional or initial stage of a process; occupying a position at, or on both sides of, a boundary or threshold.

Example

"The teenager felt a sense of unease during the liminal period between childhood and adulthood, not quite one nor the other."

From Latin limen, "threshold."

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