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 |
|---|---|
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |
| aphasia | loss or impairment of the power to use or comprehend words usually resulting from brain damage (as from a stroke, head injury, or infection) |
| commodious | comfortably or conveniently spacious : roomy |
| swagger | to conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner |
| render | to melt down |
| deface | to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details |
| ultimate | last in a progression or series : final |
| waif | a stray person or animal |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| timbre | the quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as |