Definition
given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior
In a sentence
“Spring weather can be capricious.”
Similar words
- unpredictable
- fickle
Related vocabulary
Why this word matters: capricious appears in academic reading at the 8th-grade level and is exactly the type of word that shows up on the CPS HSAT Reading section. Practice it in context with our spaced-repetition system at vocabulary.