GRE Word List
RIFT
fissure
The meaning of the word rift is fissure.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| befuddle | to muddle or stupefy with or as if with drink |
| bacchanalia | a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry |
| testy | easily annoyed : irritable |
| palatial | of, relating to, or being a palace |
| unexceptionable | not open to objection or criticism : beyond reproach : unimpeachable |
| reparable | capable of being repaired |
| spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| sonnet | a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme |