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
abstainto choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice
adhereto hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing
jingoistextreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy
mortifyto subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame
gazettenewspaper
coronera usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner
remediablecapable of being remedied
exhortto incite by argument or advice : urge strongly
wanderluststrong longing for or impulse toward wandering
spoofdeceive