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 |
|---|---|
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
| peregrination | to travel especially on foot : walk |
| verity | the quality or state of being true or real |
| devolve | to pass on (something, such as responsibility, rights, or powers) from one person or entity to another |
| robust | having or exhibiting strength or vigorous health |
| noisome | noxious |
| prod | to thrust a pointed instrument into : prick |
| adamant | unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding |
| potentate | ruler |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |