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 |
|---|---|
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| hypercritical | meticulously or excessively critical |
| score | twenty |
| clout | a piece of cloth or leather : rag |
| medley | a musical composition made up of a series of songs or short pieces |
| concatenate | linked together |
| entail | to impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
| sear | being dried and withered |