GRE Word List
INTERIM
an intervening time : interval
The meaning of the word interim is an intervening time : interval.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| satyr | a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry |
| humid | containing or characterized by perceptible moisture especially to the point of being oppressive |
| acidulous | somewhat acid or harsh in taste or manner |
| mincing | affectedly dainty or delicate |
| humble | not proud or haughty : not arrogant or assertive |
| prop | something that props or sustains : support |
| gyroscope | a 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 |
| choleric | easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered |
| wiggle | to move to and fro with quick jerky or shaking motions : jiggle |
| calorific | caloric |