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 |
|---|---|
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| outspoken | direct and open in speech or expression : frank |
| executor | one who executes something |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| solace | to give comfort to in grief or misfortune : console |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| kaleidoscope | an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns |
| mendacious | given to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth |
| tanner | one that tans hides |
| amble | to go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter |