caprice - SAT Word

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  ( SAT Prep - Sample Word )
This word "caprice" often comes up in the SAT. Of the choices below which is the closest in meaning?
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Detailed description and alternate definitions of the word 'caprice':
  A capriccio.
  A sudden, unpredictable action, change, or series of actions or changes.
  An inclination to change one's mind impulsively.
  An impulsive change of mind.

Synonyms of word 'caprice' :
 impulse
 whim


Usage of the word 'caprice' in Sentences :
  caprices of fashion.
  These are not mere mechanical rules, but neither are they simply fictions to conceal caprice.
  She took the veil without any reason, physical or moral; it was a mere caprice.
  It is not human caprice, but a principle of public order, which controls property.
  And who is in greater error than he who follows his own caprice without guidance from Allah.

Usage of the word 'caprice' in popular media :
Washington Post   —
 public workers need unions for the same reason private sector workers do, writes nelson lichtenstein: "public employees are legally protected from managerial caprice. .... read more ››

Wall Street Journal   —
 along the way, she notes the vagaries of the real-estate market and the caprice of the literary canon.... read more ››




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