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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gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
implicitcapable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied
charydiscreetly cautious: such as
sparenot being used
confiscateappropriated by the government : forfeited
chisela metal tool with a sharpened edge at one end used to chip, carve, or cut into a solid material (such as wood, stone, or metal)
subterfugedeception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade
lateralof or relating to the side
tenantone who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another
atoneto make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome