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 |
|---|---|
| translucent | permitting the passage of light: |
| rarefied | being less dense |
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| decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| canny | clever |
| inanimate | not animate: |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| multiform | having many forms or appearances |