GRE Word List
INTERIM
an intervening time : interval
The meaning of the word interim is an intervening time : interval.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| plausible | superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| totem | an object (such as an animal or plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often as a reminder of its ancestry |
| austere | stern and cold in appearance or manner |
| impecunious | having very little or no money usually habitually : penniless |
| enliven | to give life, action, or spirit to : animate |
| harry | to make a pillaging or destructive raid on : assault |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| ruminate | to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly |
| tension | inner striving, unrest, or imbalance often with physiological indication of emotion |