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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centigraderelating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point
eloquencediscourse marked by force and persuasiveness
bohemiana native or inhabitant of Bohemia
centripetalproceeding or acting in a direction toward a center or axis
blatantnoisy especially in a vulgar or offensive manner : clamorous
niggletrifle
atavismrecurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination
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centaurany of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly
headlongheadfirst