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 |
|---|---|
| wily | full of wiles : crafty |
| mobile | capable of moving or being moved : movable |
| perquisite | a privilege, gain, or profit incidental to regular salary or wages |
| glossy | having a surface luster or brightness |
| incumbent | the holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice |
| holster | a leather or fabric case for carrying a firearm on the person (as on the hip or chest), on a saddle, or in a vehicle |
| relapse | the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding |
| downcast | low in spirit : dejected |
| brawl | to quarrel or fight noisily : wrangle |
| carillon | a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard |