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 |
|---|---|
| appraise | to set a value on : to estimate the amount of |
| plummet | to fall perpendicularly |
| pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |
| flay | to strip off the skin or surface of : skin |
| tribute | something given or contributed voluntarily as due or deserved |
| bureaucracy | a body of nonelected government officials |
| enmity | positive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill will |
| impenetrable | incapable of being penetrated or pierced |
| partisan | a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person |
| orthography | the art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage |