GRE Word List
ERRATIC
having no fixed course : wandering
The meaning of the word erratic is having no fixed course : wandering.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
| shuffle | to mix in a mass confusedly : jumble |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| discord | lack of agreement or harmony (as between persons, things, or ideas) |
| prevalent | generally or widely accepted, practiced, or favored : widespread |
| prefatory | of, relating to, or constituting a preface |
| stem | the main trunk of a plant |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| carat | a unit of fineness for gold equal to ยน/โโ part of pure gold in an alloy |
| wangle | to resort to trickery or devious methods |