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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WordMeaning
slapto strike sharply with or as if with the open hand
impudencethe quality or state of being impudent
disarraya lack of order or sequence : confusion
grotesquea style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature
hysteriaa psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral
adversitya state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune
prurientmarked by or arousing an immoderate or unwholesome interest or desire
superimposeto place or lay over or above something
trekto make one's way arduously
rouea man devoted to a life of sensual pleasure : rake