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 |
|---|---|
| comprehensive | covering completely or broadly : inclusive |
| retrospective | of, relating to, or given to retrospection |
| figment | something made up or contrived |
| accrue | to come into existence as a legally enforceable claim |
| laud | praise |
| gambit | a chess opening in which a player risks one or more pawns or a minor piece to gain an advantage in position |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| vernal | of, relating to, or occurring in the spring |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| self-indulgence | excessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims |