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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| collected | gathered together |
| aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |
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| puny | slight or inferior in power, size, or importance : weak |
| marrow | bone marrow |
| apothegm | a short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism |
| incompatible | not compatible: such as |
| pariah | a member of a low caste of southern India |
| steadfast | firmly fixed in place : immovable |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |