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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| colloquy | conversation |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| dour | stern |
| isthmus | a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas |
| windfall | something (such as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind |
| dysentery | a disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and usually caused by infection |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| embody | to give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate |
| parasite | an organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host |
| jug | a large deep container (as of glass, earthenware, or plastic) with a narrow mouth and a handle |