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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| referendum | the principle or practice of submitting to popular vote a measure passed on or proposed by a legislative body or by popular initiative |
| caprice | a sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action |
| pucker | to become wrinkled or constricted |
| taciturn | temperamentally disinclined to talk |
| wangle | to resort to trickery or devious methods |
| tenuous | having little substance or strength : flimsy |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| dabble | to work or involve oneself superficially or intermittently especially in a secondary activity or interest |
| percussion | the act of percussing: such as |
| rebuff | to reject or criticize sharply : snub |