GRE Word List

RIFT

fissure

The meaning of the word rift is fissure.

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acmethe highest point or stage
dialecticalof, relating to, or in accordance with dialectic
talonthe claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey
killjoyone who spoils the pleasure of others
incorporateto unite or work into something already existent so as to form an indistinguishable whole
despiseto look down on with disrespect or aversion
monetaryof or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy
ghastlyterrifyingly horrible to the senses : frightening
malleablecapable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers
confidentialmarked by intimacy or willingness to confide