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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| chagrin | disquietude or distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure |
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| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| underlying | lying beneath or below |
| mandatory | required by a law or rule : obligatory |
| munificent | very liberal in giving or bestowing (see bestow |
| sporadic | occurring occasionally, singly, or in irregular or random instances |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| chafe | irritate |
| repudiate | to refuse to accept |
