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 |
|---|---|
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| foul | offensive to the senses : loathsome |
| bombast | pretentious inflated speech or writing |
| acrid | sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor : irritating |
| aphorism | a concise statement of a principle |
| wrangle | to dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker |
| holster | a leather or fabric case for carrying a firearm on the person (as on the hip or chest), on a saddle, or in a vehicle |
| undertaker | one who undertakes : one who takes the risk and management of business : entrepreneur |
| historical | of, relating to, or having the character of history |
| dote | to exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage |