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 |
|---|---|
| repine | to feel or express dejection or discontent : complain |
| insomnia | prolonged and usually abnormal inability to get enough sleep especially due to trouble falling asleep or staying asleep |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| idle | not occupied or employed: such as |
| protrude | to jut out from the surrounding surface or context |
| doff | to remove (an article of wear) from the body |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| random | a haphazard course |
| adherent | one who adheres to something: such as |
| appraise | to set a value on : to estimate the amount of |