GRE Word List

CAPRICE

a sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action

The meaning of the word caprice is a sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action.

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WordMeaning
thrashto beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog
subalternparticular with reference to a related universal proposition
gauntexcessively thin and angular
quarrygame
shystera person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger
coercionthe act, process, or power of coercing
concordatcompact
embraceto clasp in the arms : hug
effectuateto cause or bring about (something) : to put (something) into effect or operation : effect
boostto push or shove up from below