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 |
|---|---|
| invocation | the act or process of petitioning for help or support |
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |
| faction | a party or group (as within a government) that is often contentious or self-seeking : clique |
| perquisite | a privilege, gain, or profit incidental to regular salary or wages |
| paradigm | example |
| ratiocination | the process of exact thinking : reasoning |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |
| theoretical | existing only in theory : hypothetical |
| dregs | sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate |