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 |
|---|---|
| lampoon | satire |
| counterpart | one of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate |
| consecrate | dedicated to a sacred purpose |
| anarchist | a person who rebels against any authority, established order, or ruling power |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| absolute | free from imperfection : perfect |
| coax | to influence or gently urge by caressing or flattering : wheedle |
| religious | relating to or manifesting faithful devotion to an acknowledged ultimate reality or deity |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| disband | to break up the organization of : dissolve |