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 |
|---|---|
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| merger | the absorption of an estate, a contract, or an interest in another, of a minor offense in a greater, or of a cause of action into a judgment |
| valediction | an act of bidding farewell |
| ignominy | deep personal humiliation and disgrace |
| jocose | given to joking : merry |
| resplendent | shining brilliantly : characterized by a glowing splendor |
| privy | private |
| tempo | the rate of speed of a musical piece or passage indicated by one of a series of directions (such as largo, presto, or allegro) and often by an exact metronome marking |
| inception | an act, process, or instance of beginning : commencement |
| episodic | made up of separate especially loosely connected episodes |