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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WordMeaning
disparatemarkedly distinct in quality or character
wretcha miserable person : one who is profoundly unhappy or in great misfortune
ablutionthe washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite)
cohortscompanion
stampedea wild headlong rush or flight of frightened animals
licentiouslacking legal or moral restraints
indigencea level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking
heterodoxcontrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion : unorthodox
obituarya notice of a person's death usually with a short biographical account
coniferany of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit