GRE Word List
ARBITRARY
existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will
The meaning of the word arbitrary is existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| predator | an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation |
| exult | to be extremely joyful : rejoice |
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| urchin | hedgehog |
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| outlaw | a person excluded from the benefit or protection of the law |
| disconcert | to throw into confusion |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |
| filing | an act or instance of using a file |