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 |
|---|---|
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| partition | the action of parting : the state of being parted : division |
| aureole | a radiant light around the head or body of a representation of a sacred personage |
| extrapolation | to predict by projecting past experience or known data |
| implausible | not plausible : provoking disbelief |
| scraps | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| menace | a show of intention to inflict harm : threat |
| orifice | an opening (such as a vent, mouth, or hole) through which something may pass |
| isthmus | a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas |
| presentiment | a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition |