GRE Word List

RIFT

fissure

The meaning of the word rift is fissure.

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WordMeaning
torpora state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility
hordea political subdivision of central Asian nomads
primto give a prim or demure expression to
parallelextending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant
sententiousgiven to or abounding in aphoristic expression
evocativeevoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response
alacritypromptness in response : cheerful readiness
jumbleto move in a confused or disordered manner
ostensibleintended for display : open to view
vernacularusing a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language