GRE Word List
HIATUS
a break in or as if in a material object : gap
The meaning of the word hiatus is a break in or as if in a material object : gap.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| avocation | a subordinate occupation pursued in addition to one's vocation especially for enjoyment : hobby |
| intoxicate | to excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished |
| brittle | easily broken, cracked, or snapped |
| peremptory | putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay |
| eschew | to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun |
| knead | to work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands |
| infinitesimal | immeasurably or incalculably small |
| primogeniture | the state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents |
| pall | to lose strength or effectiveness |
| transient | passing especially quickly into and out of existence : transitory |