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

WordMeaning
dispatchto send off or away with promptness or speed
staidmarked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober
aberrationthe fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state
unravelto disengage or separate the threads of : disentangle
inhibitto prohibit from doing something
cataracta clouding of the lens of the eye or of its surrounding transparent membrane that obstructs the passage of light
persistto go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning
dehydrateto remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water
uproariousmarked by uproar
ossifyto change into bone