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 |
|---|---|
| unsullied | not soiled or tarnished : not sullied |
| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| lassitude | a condition of weariness or debility : fatigue |
| timidity | lacking in courage or self-confidence |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| mosaic | a surface decoration made by inlaying small pieces of variously colored material to form pictures or patterns |
| potential | existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality |