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 |
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| beneficiary | a person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something |
| microcosm | a little world |
| podiatrist | the medical care and treatment of the human foot |
| arable | fit for or used for the growing of crops |
| stoop | to bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees |
| kindred | of a similar nature or character : like |
| broil | to cook by direct exposure to radiant heat : grill |
| evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| fortitude | strength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage |