GRE Word List
SPASMODIC
fitful; periodic; of or like a spasm; N. spasm: sudden involuntary muscular contraction; sudden burst of energy or emotion
The meaning of the word spasmodic is fitful; periodic; of or like a spasm; N. spasm: sudden involuntary muscular contraction; sudden burst of energy or emotion.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| schism | division into factions (esp. within a religious body); split |
| epicurean | believing that pleasure is good and suffering is bad and should be avoided; N. |
| revoke | cancel; retract; CF. irrevocable |
| ambivalence | the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes or opinions |
| hilarity | boisterous mirth(merriment; laughter); ADJ. hilarious: full of laughter |
| condign | adequate; (of punishment) severe and well deserved |
| circuit | closed circular line around an area; circumference; regularly repeated journey from place to place |
| lineage | descent; ancestry |
| variegated | (esp. of a flower or leaf) many-colored |
| decapitate | behead |
