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 |
|---|---|
| fathomless | incapable of being fathomed : immeasurable |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| retrench | cut down |
| impregnate | to cause to be filled, imbued, permeated, or saturated |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| swear-word | word considered offensive; Ex. ``bloody'' |
| subsidy | a grant or gift of money: such as |
| augury | divination from auspices (see auspice |
| reminiscent | of the character of or relating to reminiscence |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |
