GRE Word List
RIFT
fissure
The meaning of the word rift is fissure.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| respiration | the movement of air or dissolved gases into and out of the lungs |
| effeminate | having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner |
| stodgy | having a rich filling quality : heavy |
| perforate | to make a hole through |
| blurt | to utter abruptly and impulsively |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| bacchanal | orgy |
| overt | open to view : manifest |
| subside | to sink or fall to the bottom : settle |
| evocative | evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response |