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
remittancea sum of money remitted
coupletwo persons married, engaged, or otherwise romantically paired
unbridledunrestrained
materialisma theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter
percussionthe act of percussing: such as
remorsea gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach
putativecommonly accepted or supposed
obtusenot pointed or acute : blunt
derivationthe formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix)
pragmaticrelating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic