GRE Word List

RIFT

fissure

The meaning of the word rift is fissure.

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WordMeaning
sanctuarya consecrated place: such as
putativecommonly accepted or supposed
loatheto dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance : detest
rehabilitateto restore to a former capacity : reinstate
succumbto yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire
inextricableforming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free
disingenuouslacking in candor
entomologya branch of zoology that deals with insects
rebusa representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound
goadto incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad