rife
widespread and abundant, especially of something undesirable
Rife in a sentence
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Rumors of corruption were rife throughout the troubled administration.
By midsummer the rumor was so rife that even the official denials only fueled it further.
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Verbal · Sentence Equivalence
The new intern was so blank that she completed in two days a backlog her predecessor had let pile up for weeks.
Using “rife” well
Rife means widespread and abundant, and it usually attaches to something undesirable such as corruption, error, or disease. It often appears in the phrase rife with.
More GRE words starting with R
holding or expressing an opinion with extreme and uncompromising zeal
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loosely held together and on the verge of collapse from neglect
bitter, long-lasting resentment or ill will
marked by deep-seated bitterness or hostility
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