GRE Word List
INTERIM
an intervening time : interval
The meaning of the word interim is an intervening time : interval.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| self-indulgence | excessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims |
| skulduggery | underhanded or unscrupulous behavior |
| mash | to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure |
| waif | a stray person or animal |
| evocative | evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response |
| rhapsody | a portion of an epic poem adapted for recitation |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| obsequious | marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness |