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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reverie | daydream |
| ambience | a feeling or mood associated with a particular place, person, or thing : atmosphere |
| untoward | difficult to guide, manage, or work with : unruly |
| rebuff | to reject or criticize sharply : snub |
| implore | to make an earnest request to (someone) : beg |
| eschew | to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun |
| burnish | to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing |
| bastard | a child born to parents who are not married to each other |
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| frustrate | to balk or defeat in an endeavor |