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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| penchant | a strong and continued inclination |
| ecstasy | a state of overwhelming emotion |
| natal | native |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |
| ventral | of or relating to the belly : abdominal |
| subordinate | placed in or occupying a lower class, rank, or position : inferior |
| sanction | a formal decree |
| lechery | inordinate (see inordinate |