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 |
|---|---|
| monochrome | a painting, drawing, or photograph in a single hue |
| etymology | the 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 |
| illusory | based on or producing illusion : deceptive |
| flagrant | conspicuously offensive |
| ironic | relating to, containing, or constituting irony |
| poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
| dogmatic | characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts |
| residual | remainder |
| repulse | to drive or beat back : repel |