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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WordMeaning
agrarianof or relating to fields or lands or their tenure
cannyclever
chimericalexisting only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary
stagnantnot flowing in a current or stream
aureolea radiant light around the head or body of a representation of a sacred personage
salvagecompensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck
insubstantialnot substantial: such as
rifeprevalent especially to an increasing degree
pulsateto throb or move rhythmically : vibrate
cognitiveof, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering)