GRE Word List

RIFT

fissure

The meaning of the word rift is fissure.

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momentuma property (see property
cornucopiaa curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance
subsidiaryfurnishing aid or support : auxiliary
vitiateto make faulty or defective : impair
venialof a kind that can be remitted : forgivable
precincta part of a territory with definite bounds or functions often established for administrative purposes : district
boundfastened by or as if by a band : confined
chameleonany of a family (Chamaeleontidae) of chiefly arboreal (see arboreal
premisea proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference
garishclothed in vivid colors