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 |
|---|---|
| indignity | an act that offends against a person's dignity or self-respect : insult |
| depict | to represent by or as if by a picture |
| impenitent | not penitent |
| inclined | having inclination, disposition, or tendency |
| galvanize | to subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically |
| apprehensive | viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future |
| indemnify | to secure against hurt, loss, or damage |
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| ploy | escapade |
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |