GRE Word List
RIFT
fissure
The meaning of the word rift is fissure.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| sanction | a formal decree |
| incendiary | igniting combustible materials spontaneously |
| peer | one that is of equal standing with another : equal |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| tessellated | having a checkered appearance |
| anathema | someone or something intensely disliked or loathed |
| anthem | a song or hymn of praise or gladness |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| proxy | the agency, function, or office of a deputy who acts as a substitute for another |