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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mordant | biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style : incisive |
component | a constituent part : ingredient |
diurnal | active chiefly in the daytime |
hilarity | boisterous merriment or laughter |
artisan | a worker who practices a trade or handicraft : craftsperson |
prude | a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum |
conspiracy | the act of conspiring together |
sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
assimilate | to take into the mind and thoroughly understand |
largess | liberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior |