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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WordMeaning
incredulitythe quality or state of being incredulous : disbelief
weirdof strange or extraordinary character : odd
importunatetroublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand
distraitapprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted
rationalhaving reason or understanding
decrepitwasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age
wantonmerciless
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
scotchscottish
viscidhaving an adhesive quality : sticky