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 |
|---|---|
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |
| tithe | a tenth part of something paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax especially for the support of a religious establishment |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| capricious | governed or characterized by caprice : impulsive |
| artifice | clever or artful skill : ingenuity |
| ulterior | going beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper |
| lopsided | leaning to one side |
| impenetrable | incapable of being penetrated or pierced |
| nirvana | the final beatitude (see beatitude |