GRE Word List
RIFT
fissure
The meaning of the word rift is fissure.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| humdrum | monotonous |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| potentate | ruler |
| ramshackle | appearing ready to collapse : rickety |
| subaltern | particular with reference to a related universal proposition |
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |
| attire | to put garments on : dress |
| frigid | intensely cold |
| animus | a usually prejudiced and often spiteful or malevolent ill will |
| retrospective | of, relating to, or given to retrospection |