GRE Word List

INTERIM

an intervening time : interval

The meaning of the word interim is an intervening time : interval.

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couriermessenger
predatoran organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation
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aggrandizeto make great or greater : increase
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forda shallow part of a body of water that may be crossed by wading
plightto put or give in pledge : engage
cohesionthe act or state of sticking together tightly
scapegoata 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
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