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 |
|---|---|
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| waft | to move or go lightly on or as if on a buoyant medium |
| cadence | the beat, time, or measure of rhythmical motion or activity |
| bugaboo | an imaginary object of fear |
| incident | an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening |
| engross | to copy or write in a large hand |
| seamy | having the rough side of the seam showing |
| psychiatrist | a medical doctor who diagnoses and treats mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders : a specialist in psychiatry |
| gnome | maxim |
| flounder | flatfish |