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 |
|---|---|
| arcade | a long arched building or gallery |
| matrimony | the state of being married : marriage |
| despondent | feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| epilogue | a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work |
| bemoan | to express deep grief or distress over |
| misconduct | mismanagement especially of governmental or military responsibilities |
| percussion | the act of percussing: such as |
| liquidate | to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |