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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ambleto go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter
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terminuseither end of a transportation line or travel route
yeomanan attendant or officer in a royal or noble household
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prevalentgenerally or widely accepted, practiced, or favored : widespread
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volatilecharacterized by or subject to rapid or unexpected change