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
acclivityan ascending slope (as of a hill)
fouloffensive to the senses : loathsome
decrepitwasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age
sublimatesublime
nattytrimly neat and tidy : smart
colloquialused in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation
airyof or relating to air : atmospheric
bargainan agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other
degeneratehaving declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state
frescothe art of painting on freshly spread moist lime plaster with water-based pigments