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

WordMeaning
interrogateto question formally and systematically
requisiteneeded for a particular purpose : essential
quaintpleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar
epigrama concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought
restraintan act of restraining : the state of being restrained
pendantsomething suspended: such as
porouspossessing or full of pores
misnomerthe misnaming of a person in a legal instrument
institutesomething that is instituted: such as
pensivemusingly or dreamily thoughtful