GRE Word List
RIFT
fissure
The meaning of the word rift is fissure.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| deleterious | harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way |
| kismet | fate |
| apothegm | a short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism |
| tender | marked by, responding to, or expressing the softer emotions : fond |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| inarticulate | incapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings |
| laggard | lagging or tending to lag : slow especially compared to others of the same kind |
| schism | division |
| denounce | to pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |