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 |
|---|---|
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| urge | to present, advocate, or demand earnestly or pressingly |
| intuition | the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference |
| myopic | affected by myopia : of, relating to, or exhibiting myopia : nearsighted |
| ursine | of or relating to a bear or the bear family (Ursidae) |
| fortuitous | occurring by chance |
| histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |
| buxom | vigorously or healthily plump |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| alacrity | promptness in response : cheerful readiness |