GRE Word List

RIFT

fissure

The meaning of the word rift is fissure.

Random words

WordMeaning
humdrummonotonous
spoonerisma transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil)
potentateruler
ramshackleappearing ready to collapse : rickety
subalternparticular with reference to a related universal proposition
adjunctsomething joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it
attireto put garments on : dress
frigidintensely cold
animusa usually prejudiced and often spiteful or malevolent ill will
retrospectiveof, relating to, or given to retrospection