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.

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sycophanta servile self-seeking flatterer
fledglinga young bird just fledged (see fledge
discretionindividual choice or judgment
culverta transverse drain