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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debristhe remains of something broken down or destroyed
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provenanceorigin
monetaryof or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy