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 |
|---|---|
| temporize | to act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion |
| nomenclature | name |
| vouch | to supply supporting evidence or testimony |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| brave | having or showing mental or moral strength to face danger, fear, or difficulty : having or showing courage |
| eclipse | the total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another |
| gamely | a physical or mental competition conducted according to rules with the participants in direct opposition to each other |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| asymmetric | having two sides or halves that are not the same : not symmetrical |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |