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 |
|---|---|
| licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| wring | to squeeze or twist especially so as to make dry or to extract moisture or liquid |
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| raconteur | a person who excels in telling anecdotes |
| reciprocate | to give and take mutually |
| fiat | an authoritative or arbitrary order : decree |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| tepid | moderately warm : lukewarm |
| genus | a class, kind, or group marked by common characteristics or by one common characteristic |