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 |
|---|---|
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |
| intrepid | characterized by resolute fearlessness, fortitude, and endurance |
| synchronous | happening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time |
| frond | a large leaf (especially of a palm or fern) usually with many divisions |
| yeoman | an attendant or officer in a royal or noble household |
| distrait | apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted |
| bandy | to discuss lightly or banteringly |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| chase | the hunting of wild animals |
| monastic | of or relating to monasteries or to monks or nuns |