GRE Word List

RIFT

fissure

The meaning of the word rift is fissure.

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remorsea gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach
slapdashhaphazard
progenitoran ancestor in the direct line : forefather
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appeasepacify
atrocitya shockingly bad or atrocious act, object, or situation
dismantleto disconnect the pieces of
indignationanger aroused by something unjust, unworthy, or mean
primordialfirst created or developed : primeval
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