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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| matriarch | a woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state |
| mobile | capable of moving or being moved : movable |
| improvise | to compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously |
| hale | free from defect, disease, or infirmity : sound |
| distill | to let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate |
| pungent | sharply painful |
| slake | subside |
| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |
| prominent | standing out or projecting beyond a surface or line : protuberant |