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 |
|---|---|
| heinous | hatefully or shockingly evil : abominable |
| inherent | involved in the constitution or essential character of something : belonging by nature or habit : intrinsic |
| queer | differing in some way from what is usual or normal : odd |
| alacrity | promptness in response : cheerful readiness |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| shudder | to tremble convulsively : shiver |
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |
| lance | a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |