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 |
|---|---|
| ethnology | a branch of cultural anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of cultures |
| scuffle | to struggle at close quarters with disorder and confusion |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| auspicious | showing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious |
| noose | a loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| disport | sport |
| expository | of, relating to, or containing exposition |
| wastrel | vagabond |
| sate | satisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy |