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 |
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| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| gracious | marked by kindness and courtesy |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| exude | to ooze out |
| indelible | that cannot be removed, washed away, or erased |
| dismember | to cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of |
| poise | balance |
| outmoded | not being in style |
| milieu | the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment |
| anathema | someone or something intensely disliked or loathed |