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
apocryphalof doubtful authenticity : spurious
deviseto form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent
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hivea container for housing honeybees
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exactto call for forcibly or urgently and obtain
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degeneratehaving declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state
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