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 |
|---|---|
| assay | to analyze (something, such as an ore) for one or more specific components |
| stanza | a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe |
| lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |
| ploy | escapade |
| propellant | capable of propelling |
| conjecture | inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence |
| compulsion | an act of compelling |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |
| autocratic | of, relating to, or being an autocracy : absolute |