GRE Word List
RIFE
prevalent especially to an increasing degree
The meaning of the word rife is prevalent especially to an increasing degree.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| writ | something written : writing |
| encroachment | to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another |
| divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |
| throttle | to compress the throat of : choke |
| insubstantial | not substantial: such as |
| pedagogue | teacher |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| insolvent | unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business |
| fuddle | booze |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |