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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| dart | a light spear |
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| dawdle | to spend time idly |
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
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