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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excisean internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity
definitiveserving to provide a final solution or to end a situation
vendorone that vends : seller
appriseto give notice to : tell
irrepressibleimpossible to repress, restrain, or control
defeatistan attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat
canterone who uses cant: such as
marrowbone marrow
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