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 |
|---|---|
| forerunner | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another: such as |
| precipitate | to throw violently : hurl |
| apologist | someone who speaks or writes in defense of someone or something that is typically controversial, unpopular, or subject to criticism |
| silt | loose sedimentary material with rock particles usually ยน/โโ millimeter or less in diameter |
| pliant | pliable |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| palpitate | to beat rapidly and strongly : throb |
| partiality | the quality or state of being partial : bias |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| pungent | sharply painful |