GRE Word List

RIFT

fissure

The meaning of the word rift is fissure.

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WordMeaning
adhereto hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing
circumspectcareful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences : prudent
mysticmystical
irresoluteuncertain how to act or proceed : vacillating
citadela fortress that commands (see command
vertebrateany of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life
adventthe period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting
donto put on (an article of clothing)
surveillanceclose watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective)
agrarianof or relating to fields or lands or their tenure