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 |
|---|---|
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| indicative | serving to indicate |
| enrapture | to fill with delight |
| gentility | the condition of belonging to the gentry |
| timorous | of a timid disposition : fearful |
| mannered | having manners of a specified kind |
| charisma | a personal magic of leadership arousing special popular loyalty or enthusiasm for a public figure (such as a political leader) |
| embed | to enclose closely in or as if in a matrix |
| heed | to pay attention |