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 |
|---|---|
| sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |
| milieu | the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
| overture | an initiative toward agreement or action : proposal |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| redolent | exuding fragrance : aromatic |
| ascendancy | governing or controlling influence : domination |
| proxy | the agency, function, or office of a deputy who acts as a substitute for another |
| spat | squabble; minor dispute; minor quarrel |
| virile | having traditionally masculine traits especially to a marked degree |