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 |
|---|---|
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |
| tension | inner striving, unrest, or imbalance often with physiological indication of emotion |
| eclipse | the total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another |
| chronicle | a historical account of events arranged in order of time usually without analysis or interpretation |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| postulate | demand |
| friction | the rubbing of one body against another |
| metaphysical | of or relating to metaphysics |
| drudgery | dull, irksome, and fatiguing work : uninspiring or menial labor |
