GRE Word List
CAPRICIOUS
governed or characterized by caprice : impulsive
The meaning of the word capricious is governed or characterized by caprice : impulsive.
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| document | proof |
| skittish | lively or frisky in action : capricious |
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| plasticity | the quality or state of being plastic |
| tension | inner striving, unrest, or imbalance often with physiological indication of emotion |
| severity | the quality or state of being severe : the condition of being very bad, serious, unpleasant, or harsh |
| mayhem | needless or willful damage or violence |
| apotheosis | the perfect form or example of something : quintessence |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |