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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stalemate | a drawing position in chess in which a player is not in checkmate but has no legal move to play |
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| collation | a light meal allowed on fast days in place of lunch or supper |
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
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| grandiose | characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration |
| knack | a special ready capacity that is hard to analyze or teach |
| steep | lofty |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| concave | hollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl |