GRE Word List
RAMIFY
to split up into branches or constituent parts
The meaning of the word ramify is to split up into branches or constituent parts.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
| gentility | the condition of belonging to the gentry |
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |
| rebate | to reduce the force or activity of : diminish |
| irremediable | not remediable |
| executioner | one who executes |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| primate | a bishop who has precedence in a province, a group of provinces, or a nation |
| obscure | dark |
| animus | a usually prejudiced and often spiteful or malevolent ill will |