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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grotesquea style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature
manaclea shackle for the hand or wrist : handcuff
epicureone with sensitive and discriminating tastes especially in food or wine
bigotryobstinate or intolerant devotion to one's own opinions and prejudices : the state of mind of a bigot
implyto express indirectly
turpitudeinherent baseness : depravity
surpassto become better, greater, or stronger than : exceed
purportto have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred)
diffidencethe quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident
impedimentsomething that impedes