volatile
liable to change rapidly and unpredictably, often for the worse
Word origin: From Latin volare, to fly.
Volatile in a sentence
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The volatile market swung wildly with each piece of news.
The region's volatile politics made long-term investment a gamble that few firms were willing to take.
Using “volatile” well
Volatile means liable to change rapidly and unpredictably, often for the worse, applied to markets, moods, or situations. It is the opposite of stable or steady.
More GRE words starting with V
to waver indecisively between options or opinions
the inability to decide between different courses of action; wavering
total absence of thought, ideas, or substance
empty of meaning, substance, or intelligence
a person who roams from place to place with no fixed home
an unpredictable or capricious change or notion
a person who wanders without a settled home or work
excessively boastful and vain about one's achievements
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