GRE Word List

FITFUL

characterized by fits or paroxysms

The meaning of the word fitful is characterized by fits or paroxysms.

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preamblean introductory statement
mandatoryrequired by a law or rule : obligatory
compendiuma brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract
irreverencelack of reverence
vertebrateany of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life
diligencesteady, earnest, and energetic effort : devoted and painstaking work and application to accomplish an undertaking : assiduity
staminathe bodily or mental capacity to sustain a prolonged stressful effort or activity : endurance
emetican agent that induces vomiting
marto ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil
facadethe front of a building