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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confidentialmarked by intimacy or willingness to confide
misdemeanora crime less serious than a felony (see felony
facetiousjoking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish
epochan event or a time marked by an event that begins a new period or development
quellto thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity
domineerto exercise arbitrary or overbearing control
prevailto gain ascendancy through strength or superiority : triumph
antecedentsa substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him")
exultto be extremely joyful : rejoice
correlateeither of two things so related that one directly implies or is complementary to the other (such as husband and wife)