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 |
|---|---|
| permeable | capable of being permeated : penetrable |
| soporific | causing or tending to cause sleep |
| adversity | a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune |
| rightful | just |
| parry | to ward off a weapon or blow |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| primary | first in order of time or development : primitive |
| expatiate | to move about freely or at will : wander |
| canto | one of the major divisions of a long poem |