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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rotundity | marked by roundness : rounded |
conglomerate | made up of parts from various sources or of various kinds |
rectify | to set right : remedy |
sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
brawl | to quarrel or fight noisily : wrangle |
mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |
caprice | a sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action |
whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
inordinate | exceeding reasonable limits : immoderate |
biennial | occurring every two years |