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 |
|---|---|
| lachrymose | given to tears or weeping : tearful |
| conclave | a private meeting or secret assembly |
| conventional | formed by agreement or compact |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| catcall | a loud or raucous cry made especially to express disapproval (as at a sports event) |
| deference | respect and esteem due a superior or an elder |
| bent | unenclosed grassland |
| nonplus | a state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary |
| noncommittal | giving no clear indication of attitude or feeling |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |