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 |
|---|---|
| emend | to correct usually by textual alterations |
| skittish | lively or frisky in action : capricious |
| relent | to become less severe, harsh, or strict usually from reasons of humanity |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| pry | to look closely or inquisitively |
| disclose | to make known or public |
| haggle | to cut roughly or clumsily : hack |
| dissent | to withhold assent or approval |
| peddle | to travel about with wares for sale |