GRE Word List
VACILLATE
to waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses
The meaning of the word vacillate is to waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| obtuse | not pointed or acute : blunt |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| fallacious | embodying a fallacy |
| despise | to look down on with disrespect or aversion |
| incense | material used to produce a fragrant odor when burned |
| inclusive | broad in orientation or scope |