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 |
|---|---|
| opportunist | one that is opportunistic or that practices opportunism |
| funereal | of or relating to a funeral |
| prompt | to move to action : incite |
| fiend | devil |
| putrid | being in a state of putrefaction : rotten |
| sojourn | a temporary stay |
| inconsistency | an instance of being inconsistent |
| equivocate | to use equivocal language especially with intent to deceive |
| 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 |
| reaper | one that reaps |