GRE Word List

VAGARY

an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion

The meaning of the word vagary is an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion.

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demographicthe statistical characteristics of human populations (such as age or income) used especially to identify markets
vituperativeuttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse
mammalany 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
conclusiveof, relating to, or being a conclusion
passepast one's prime
pulpitan elevated platform or high reading desk used in preaching or conducting a worship service
stratifiedformed, deposited, or arranged in stable layers or strata
obeisancea movement of the body made in token of respect or submission : bow
welta strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together
vignettea picture (such as an engraving or photograph) that shades off gradually into the surrounding paper