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 |
|---|---|
| ravine | a small narrow steep-sided valley that is larger than a gully and smaller than a canyon and that is usually worn by running water |
| carapace | a bony or chitinous case or shield covering the back or part of the back of an animal (such as a turtle or crab) |
| finite | having definite or definable limits |
| determination | a judicial decision settling and ending a controversy |
| bewitch | to influence or affect especially injuriously by witchcraft |
| congenial | pleasant |
| ancestry | line of descent : lineage |
| elaboration | planned or carried out with great care |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| plait | pleat |