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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decimateto select by lot and kill every tenth man of
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minutiaea minute or minor detail
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toppleto fall from or as if from being top-heavy
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