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 |
|---|---|
| pensive | musingly or dreamily thoughtful |
| counterpart | one of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate |
| ethnology | a branch of cultural anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of cultures |
| isthmus | a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas |
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |
| commemorative | intended as a commemoration |
| centripetal | proceeding or acting in a direction toward a center or axis |
| zealot | a zealous person |
| insubstantial | not substantial: such as |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |