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

WordMeaning
snubto check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke
embodyto give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate
dissimulateto hide under a false appearance
cabalthe contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government)
brusquemarkedly short and abrupt
tributesomething given or contributed voluntarily as due or deserved
defunctno longer living, existing, or functioning
certitudethe state of being or feeling certain
integrateto form, coordinate, or blend into a functioning or unified whole : unite
covetousmarked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions