CAPRICIOUS (Adj.)

Meaning- 1) changing often and quickly; especially often changing suddenly in mood or behavior.

                        2) not logical or reasonable.

Mnemonic trick- 1) The word capricious comes from word ‘caprice’. ‘Caprice’ means sudden change.

2) The word capricious contains word ‘capri’. Capri-pants are short pants. Capricious word is used for something staying for a short period of time or lasting quickly.

Synonym- UNPREDICTABLE, FICKLE, IMPULSIVE, WHIMSICAL, FREAKISH

Uses-

•          Sheena’ s such a capricious mother that her son does not know how she will react when he tells her that he and his girlfriend are engaged.
•          But “there is nothing more capricious than the memory of a child: what it will hold and what it will lose ”.