GRE Word List
VOLATILE
characterized by or subject to rapid or unexpected change
The meaning of the word volatile is characterized by or subject to rapid or unexpected change.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vulgar | lacking in cultivation, perception, or taste : coarse |
| bulk | magnitude |
| avocation | a subordinate occupation pursued in addition to one's vocation especially for enjoyment : hobby |
| supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
| suffragist | one who advocates extension of suffrage especially to women |
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| rotunda | a round building |
| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |
| delta | the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet see Alphabet Table |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |