GRE Word List
RIFT
fissure
The meaning of the word rift is fissure.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| eccentricity | the quality or state of being eccentric |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |
| incognito | with one's identity concealed |
| speck | a small discoloration or spot especially from stain or decay |
| stupor | a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility |
| fete | festival |
| compatible | capable of existing together in harmony |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| slink | to go or move stealthily or furtively (as in fear or shame) : steal |