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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|---|---|
| peregrination | to travel especially on foot : walk |
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| turbid | thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment |
| erotic | of, devoted to, or tending to arouse sexual love or desire |
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| clipper | one that clips something |
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