GRE Word List
RIP
to tear or split apart or open
The meaning of the word rip is to tear or split apart or open.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vignette | a picture (such as an engraving or photograph) that shades off gradually into the surrounding paper |
| precise | exactly or sharply defined or stated |
| enamored | affected by strong feelings of love, admiration, or fascination |
| vertebrate | any 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 |
| chase | the hunting of wild animals |
| fiasco | a complete failure |
| sublimate | sublime |
| dissipate | to break up and drive off |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| salutary | producing a beneficial effect : remedial |