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.

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WordMeaning
ostracizeto exile by ostracism
truncateto shorten by or as if by cutting off
cantthe expression or repetition of conventional or trite opinions or sentiments
constraintthe act of constraining
arrearsthe state of being behind in the discharge of obligations
histrionicdeliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical
aggrandizeto make great or greater : increase
girtha band or strap that encircles the body of an animal to fasten something (such as a saddle) on its back
bristlinga short stiff coarse hair or filament
mottledmarked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors