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 |
|---|---|
| enigma | something hard to understand or explain |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| stamp | to pound or crush with a pestle or a heavy instrument |
| amity | friendship |
| juncture | a point of time |
| irrefutable | impossible to refute : incontrovertible |
| constitution | the basic principles and laws of a nation, state, or social group that determine the powers and duties of the government and guarantee certain rights to the people in it |
| misanthrope | a person who hates or distrusts humankind |
| adversity | a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune |