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 |
|---|---|
| destitute | lacking something needed or desirable |
| gawk | a clumsy stupid person : lout |
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |
| adept | thoroughly proficient : expert |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| dismiss | to permit or cause to leave |
| polemic | an aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another |
| amphibian | an amphibious organism |
| ewe | the female of the sheep especially when mature |
| enliven | to give life, action, or spirit to : animate |