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 |
|---|---|
| putrescent | undergoing putrefaction : becoming putrid |
| synthetic | relating to or involving synthesis : not analytic |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| lament | to mourn aloud : wail |
| wither | to become dry and sapless |
| clipper | one that clips something |
| mantle | a loose sleeveless garment worn over other clothes : cloak |
| retrench | cut down |
| scenario | an outline or synopsis of a play |
| pry | to look closely or inquisitively |