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 |
|---|---|
| glamor | an exciting and often illusory and romantic attractiveness |
| crux | a puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |
| billow | wave |
| pedestal | the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| august | marked by majestic dignity or grandeur |
| hap | happening |
| recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |