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 |
|---|---|
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |
| benediction | the invocation (see invocation |
| verbiage | a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content |
| retribution | recompense |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| duress | forcible restraint or restriction |
| scruple | a unit of capacity equal to ¹/₂₄ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table |
| indicative | serving to indicate |
| urgent | calling for immediate attention : pressing |