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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vertebrateany of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life
mirewet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh)
dexterousmentally adroit and skillful : clever
disjunctiona sharp cleavage : disunion
funerealof or relating to a funeral
cremateto subject to cremation
prominentstanding out or projecting beyond a surface or line : protuberant
virtuosoone who excels in the technique of an art
trimto remove by or as if by cutting
encipherto convert (a message) into cipher