GRE Word List
RIFT
fissure
The meaning of the word rift is fissure.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disingenuous | lacking in candor |
| pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| scrutinize | to examine closely and minutely |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| doff | to remove (an article of wear) from the body |
| peripatetic | a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism |
| forensic | belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |