GRE Word List
RIFT
fissure
The meaning of the word rift is fissure.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| haggle | to cut roughly or clumsily : hack |
| jaunty | sprightly in manner or appearance : lively |
| toll | a tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge) |
| sadistic | of, relating to, or characterized by sadism |
| fetter | a chain or shackle for the feet |
| whine | to utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry |
| sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |
| affidavit | a sworn statement in writing made especially under oath or on affirmation (see affirmation |
| maniacal | affected with or suggestive of madness |
| arch- | a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening) |