GRE Word List

FISSURE

a narrow opening or crack of considerable length and depth usually occurring from some breaking or parting

The meaning of the word fissure is a narrow opening or crack of considerable length and depth usually occurring from some breaking or parting.

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salutaryproducing a beneficial effect : remedial
supplecompliant often to the point of obsequiousness
tendentiousmarked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased
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augmentto make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense
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