GRE Word List
VICISSITUDE
the quality or state of being changeable : mutability
The meaning of the word vicissitude is the quality or state of being changeable : mutability.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| contusion | injury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise |
| tryst | an agreement (as between lovers) to meet |
| foliage | a representation of leaves, flowers, and branches for architectural ornamentation |
| cohabit | to live together as or as if a married couple |
| convivial | relating to, occupied with, or fond of feasting, drinking, and good company |
| entity | being |
| receptive | able or inclined to receive |
| conspire | plot |
| splice | to unite (two ropes or two parts of a rope) by interweaving the strands |