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 |
|---|---|
| precept | a command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action |
| defer | put off |
| acuity | keenness of perception |
| lurk | to lie in wait in a place of concealment especially for an evil purpose |
| ghastly | terrifyingly horrible to the senses : frightening |
| nubile | of marriageable condition or age |
| espouse | marry |
| ordinance | an authoritative decree or direction : order |
| repulsion | the action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed |
| abolish | to end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul |