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 |
|---|---|
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| outlaw | a person excluded from the benefit or protection of the law |
| sleeper | one that sleeps |
| anathema | someone or something intensely disliked or loathed |
| compliant | ready or disposed to comply : submissive |
| obelisk | an upright 4-sided usually monolithic pillar that gradually tapers as it rises and terminates in a pyramid |
| malevolent | having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| sluggish | averse to activity or exertion : indolent |
| shove | to push along |