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 |
|---|---|
| ignoble | characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness |
| lewd | obscene |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
| venerate | to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| obligatory | binding in law or conscience |
| besmirch | to cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of (something) : sully |
| archipelago | an expanse of water with many scattered islands |
| septic | of, relating to, or causing putrefaction |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |