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 |
|---|---|
| pecuniary | consisting of or measured in money |
| slipshod | wearing loose shoes or slippers |
| assiduous | showing great care, attention, and effort : marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application |
| suffragist | one who advocates extension of suffrage especially to women |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| sumptuous | extremely costly, rich, luxurious, or magnificent |
| catharsis | purification or purgation of the emotions (such as pity and fear) primarily through art |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| philanderer | a man who has sexual relations with many women |
| retaliate | to return like for like |