GRE Word List
RIFT
fissure
The meaning of the word rift is fissure.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| exhume | disinter |
| idyll | a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment |
| tout | to make much of : promote |
| intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| pulsate | to throb or move rhythmically : vibrate |
| adept | thoroughly proficient : expert |
| carnivorous | subsisting or feeding on animal tissues |
| libretto | the text of a work (such as an opera) for the musical theater |
| pen | to shut in or as if in a pen |