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 |
|---|---|
| legato | in a manner that is smooth and connected (as between successive tones) |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| hothead | a hotheaded person |
| allege | to assert without proof or before proving |
| parched | deprived of natural moisture |
| callow | lacking adult sophistication : immature |
| propitious | favorably disposed : benevolent |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| adversary | one that contends with, opposes, or resists : an enemy or opponent |
| wrinkle | a small ridge or furrow especially when formed on a surface by the shrinking or contraction of a smooth substance : crease |