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 |
|---|---|
| onerous | involving, imposing, or constituting a burden : troublesome |
| fruitful | yielding or producing fruit |
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| renown | a state of being widely acclaimed and highly honored : fame |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |
| redundant | exceeding what is necessary or normal : superfluous |
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| fancy | to have a fancy (see fancy |
| homage | a feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord |