GRE Word List

RIFT

fissure

The meaning of the word rift is fissure.

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disingenuouslacking in candor
pinnaclean upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress
hostagea person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement
syllogisma deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable")
scrutinizeto examine closely and minutely
satirea literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn
doffto remove (an article of wear) from the body
peripatetica follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism
forensicbelonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate
perjurythe voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing