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

WordMeaning
monographa learned treatise on a small area of learning
authoritativehaving, marked by, or proceeding from authority
consecratededicated to a sacred purpose
sowan adult female swine
concessionthe act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat)
turbidthick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment
potentateruler
contentiona point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument
bridlethe headgear with which a horse is governed and which carries a bit (see bit
slipshodwearing loose shoes or slippers