GRE Word List
INTERIM
an intervening time : interval
The meaning of the word interim is an intervening time : interval.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| quip | a clever usually taunting remark : gibe |
| dissemble | to hide under a false appearance |
| fortitude | strength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage |
| parley | to speak with another : confer |
| forfeit | something forfeited or subject to being forfeited (as for a crime, offense, or neglect of duty) : penalty |
| titanic | having great magnitude, force, or power : colossal |
| pitfall | trap |
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| misapprehension | to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand |