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 |
|---|---|
| confluence | a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point |
| incentive | something that incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or action |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |
| predetermine | foreordain |
| carnivorous | subsisting or feeding on animal tissues |
| imminent | ready to take place : happening soon |
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
| charm | the chanting or reciting of a magic spell : incantation |
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| contusion | injury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise |