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 |
|---|---|
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| incisive | impressively direct and decisive (as in manner or presentation) |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| annihilate | to cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains |
| linguistic | of or relating to language or linguistics |
| insurrection | an act or instance of revolting against civil authority or an established government |
| bulge | to jut out : swell |
| incite | to move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| gavel | rent or tribute in medieval England |