GRE Word List
RIFE
prevalent especially to an increasing degree
The meaning of the word rife is prevalent especially to an increasing degree.
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Word | Meaning |
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snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |
embody | to give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate |
dissimulate | to hide under a false appearance |
cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
brusque | markedly short and abrupt |
tribute | something given or contributed voluntarily as due or deserved |
defunct | no longer living, existing, or functioning |
certitude | the state of being or feeling certain |
integrate | to form, coordinate, or blend into a functioning or unified whole : unite |
covetous | marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions |