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
dispatchto send off or away with promptness or speed
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flaila hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely
testatora person who dies leaving a will or testament in force
forda shallow part of a body of water that may be crossed by wading
gadflyany of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock
disaffecteddiscontented and resentful especially against authority : rebellious
conducivetending to promote or assist
ravagean act or practice of ravaging
chastiseto censure severely : castigate