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vicissitude

noun

A variation in circumstances or fortune at different times in your life or in the development of something

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Word length
11
Starts with
V
Ends with
E
Contains
IC
Scrabble score
17

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noun

  1. A variation in circumstances or fortune at different times in your life or in the development of something

    “The project was subject to the usual vicissitudes of exploratory research”

noun

  1. Mutability in life or nature (especially successive alternation from one condition to another)

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The project was subject to the usual vicissitudes of exploratory research

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