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 |
|---|---|
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| efficacy | the power to produce an effect |
| replenish | to fill or build up again |
| distraught | agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain |
| epitome | a typical or ideal example : embodiment |
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |
| disinter | to take out of the grave or tomb |
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
| alcove | a small recessed section of a room : nook |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |