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 |
|---|---|
| pedigree | a register recording a line of ancestors |
| consanguineous | of the same blood or origin |
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |
| optimum | the amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end |
| screech | a high shrill piercing cry usually expressing pain or terror |
| solemnity | formal or ceremonious observance of an occasion or event |
| corporeal | having, consisting of, or relating to a physical material body: such as |
| obelisk | an upright 4-sided usually monolithic pillar that gradually tapers as it rises and terminates in a pyramid |
| hideous | offensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly |
| recreant | crying for mercy : cowardly |