GRE Word List
FLUCTUATE
to shift back and forth uncertainly
The meaning of the word fluctuate is to shift back and forth uncertainly.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ironic | relating to, containing, or constituting irony |
| cogent | appealing forcibly to the mind or reason : convincing |
| shear | to cut off the hair from |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| isotope | any of two or more species of atoms of a chemical element with the same atomic number and nearly identical chemical behavior but with differing atomic mass or mass number and different physical properties |
| rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |
| self-indulgence | excessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims |
| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |
| precocious | exceptionally early in development or occurrence |
| carnivorous | subsisting or feeding on animal tissues |