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 |
|---|---|
| sober | not intoxicated |
| malevolent | having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |
| miscellany | separate writings collected in one volume |
| demise | death |
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |
| ethos | the distinguishing character, sentiment, moral nature, or guiding beliefs of a person, group, or institution |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| incidental | being likely to ensue as a chance or minor consequence |
| vulpine | of, relating to, or resembling a fox |