GRE Word List
RIFT
fissure
The meaning of the word rift is fissure.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tumid | marked by swelling : swollen |
| gruel | a thin porridge |
| myopic | affected by myopia : of, relating to, or exhibiting myopia : nearsighted |
| rout | a state of wild confusion or disorderly retreat |
| wastrel | vagabond |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| genuflect | to bend the knee |
| incrustation | a crust or hard coating |
| slag | the dross or scoria of a metal |
| ewe | the female of the sheep especially when mature |