GRE Word List
RIFT
fissure
The meaning of the word rift is fissure.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fiasco | a complete failure |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| forum | the marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business |
| 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 |
| miscellaneous | consisting of diverse things or members : heterogeneous |
| reprove | to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent |
| aviary | a place for keeping birds confined |
| overwhelm | upset |
| acrimonious | angry and bitter : caustic, biting, or rancorous especially in feeling, language, or manner |
| garish | clothed in vivid colors |