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 |
|---|---|
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| repel | to drive back : repulse |
| deify | to make a god of |
| tint | a usually slight or pale coloration : hue |
| tightwad | a close or miserly person |
| ravel | to become unwoven, untwisted, or unwound : fray |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| inveigh | to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently : rail |
| spawn | to deposit or fertilize spawn |
| desperate | having lost hope |