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
confidencea feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances
pterodactylany of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition
bromidea binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives
catechismoral instruction
abstemiousmarked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol
knottymarked by or full of knots
homelysuggestive or characteristic of a place of residence or home
aviarya place for keeping birds confined
cumulativeincreasing by successive additions
misconstrueto interpret (something, such as a statement or action) wrongly : misinterpret