GRE Word List
INTERVENE
to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events
The meaning of the word intervene is to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tenancy | a holding of an estate or a mode of holding an estate |
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| furtive | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious |
| eventual | contingent |
| gild | to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold |
| incentive | something that incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or action |
| fringe | an ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band |
| deterrent | serving to discourage, prevent, or inhibit : serving to deter |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| premonitory | giving warning |