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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WordMeaning
buccaneerany of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies
urgeto present, advocate, or demand earnestly or pressingly
intuitionthe power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference
myopicaffected by myopia : of, relating to, or exhibiting myopia : nearsighted
ursineof or relating to a bear or the bear family (Ursidae)
fortuitousoccurring by chance
histrionicdeliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical
buxomvigorously or healthily plump
ironythe use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning
alacritypromptness in response : cheerful readiness