GRE Word List

CHORE

the regular or daily light work of a household or farm

The meaning of the word chore is the regular or daily light work of a household or farm.

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reprieveto delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner)
euphemismthe substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant