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 |
|---|---|
| indiscriminate | not marked by careful distinction : deficient in discrimination and discernment |
| crescendo | a gradual increase |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |
| teetotalism | the principle or practice of complete abstinence from alcoholic drinks |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| pallet | a straw-filled tick or mattress |
| crass | gross |
| fictitious | of, relating to, or characteristic of fiction : imaginary |
| tryst | an agreement (as between lovers) to meet |