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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quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |
duress | forcible restraint or restriction |
maverick | an unbranded range animal |
consolidation | the act or process of consolidating : the state of being consolidated |
knoll | a small round hill : mound |
pundit | pandit |
raze | to destroy to the ground : demolish |
carapace | a bony or chitinous case or shield covering the back or part of the back of an animal (such as a turtle or crab) |
pungent | sharply painful |
attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |