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 |
|---|---|
| ostracize | to exile by ostracism |
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
| cant | the expression or repetition of conventional or trite opinions or sentiments |
| constraint | the act of constraining |
| arrears | the state of being behind in the discharge of obligations |
| histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |
| aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |
| girth | a band or strap that encircles the body of an animal to fasten something (such as a saddle) on its back |
| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| mottled | marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors |