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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etymologythe 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
graciousmarked by kindness and courtesy
pretexta purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs
exudeto ooze out
indeliblethat cannot be removed, washed away, or erased
dismemberto cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of
poisebalance
outmodednot being in style
milieuthe physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment
anathemasomeone or something intensely disliked or loathed