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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WordMeaning
fabricateinvent
agnostica person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable
coronera usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner
overblownpast the prime of bloom
deleteto eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing
basethe bottom of something considered as its support : foundation
effectualproducing or able to produce a desired effect
thriveto grow vigorously : flourish
amicablecharacterized by friendly goodwill : peaceable
obsequiousmarked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness