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 |
|---|---|
| limp | to walk lamely |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| conspiracy | the act of conspiring together |
| dissent | to withhold assent or approval |
| precipice | a very steep or overhanging place |
| defiance | the act or an instance of defying : challenge |
| onerous | involving, imposing, or constituting a burden : troublesome |
| hybrid | an offspring of two animals or plants of different subspecies, breeds, varieties, species, or genera |
| siren | any of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing |