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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bowdlerizeto expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar
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siderealof, relating to, or expressed in relation to stars or constellations : astral
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cantoone of the major divisions of a long poem
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