GRE Word List
INTERMITTENT
coming and going at intervals : not continuous
The meaning of the word intermittent is coming and going at intervals : not continuous.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| despoil | to strip of belongings, possessions, or value : pillage |
| daze | to stupefy especially by a blow : stun |
| amnesia | loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness |
| suspense | the state of being suspended : suspension |
| revelry | noisy partying or merrymaking |
| inconsequential | of no significance : unimportant |
| dormer | a window set vertically in a structure projecting through a sloping roof |
| herbivorous | feeding on plants |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |