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 |
|---|---|
| mandatory | required by a law or rule : obligatory |
| prop | something that props or sustains : support |
| sinecure | an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income |
| nubile | of marriageable condition or age |
| congenial | pleasant |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| blowhard | an arrogantly and pompously boastful or opinionated person : braggart |
| asylum | an inviolable place of refuge and protection giving shelter to criminals and debtors : sanctuary |
| desperado | a bold or violent criminal |