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
truisman undoubted or self-evident truth
hazardousinvolving or exposing one to risk (as of loss or harm)
parchmentthe skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on
heedto pay attention
misnomerthe misnaming of a person in a legal instrument
codifyto reduce to a code
spurnto reject with disdain or contempt : scorn
confidencea feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances
pathetichaving a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity
cumulativeincreasing by successive additions