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
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ape | any of various large tailless semi-erect primates of Africa and southeastern Asia (such as the chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, or gibbon) |
jab | to pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object |
deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
exodus | the mainly narrative second book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture see Bible Table |
recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |
infest | to spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner |
relapse | the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding |
conformity | correspondence in form, manner, or character : agreement |
graphic | of or relating to the pictorial arts |
compulsive | having power to compel |