GRE Word List
FLUCTUATE
to shift back and forth uncertainly
The meaning of the word fluctuate is to shift back and forth uncertainly.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| enjoin | to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition |
| flourish | to grow luxuriantly : thrive |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| parochial | of or relating to a church parish |
| proclivity | an inclination or predisposition toward something |
| microcosm | a little world |
| contend | to strive or vie in contest or rivalry or against difficulties : struggle |
| funereal | of or relating to a funeral |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |