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 |
|---|---|
| loiter | to delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle |
| eschew | to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun |
| snip | a small piece that is snipped off |
| anomalous | inconsistent with or deviating from what is usual, normal, or expected : irregular |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| artifice | clever or artful skill : ingenuity |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| asymmetric | having two sides or halves that are not the same : not symmetrical |
| severity | the quality or state of being severe : the condition of being very bad, serious, unpleasant, or harsh |
| dinghy | a small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat |