GRE Word List
CLEFT
a space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure
The meaning of the word cleft is a space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| heed | to pay attention |
| provincial | the superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order |
| vaunted | highly or widely praised or boasted about |
| foment | to promote the growth or development of : rouse |
| unfledged | not feathered : not ready for flight |
| eclipse | the total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another |
| shed | to rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted |
| refectory | a dining hall (as in a monastery or college) |
| analogous | similar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |