GRE Word List

INTERREGNUM

the time during which a throne is vacant between two successive reigns or regimes

The meaning of the word interregnum is the time during which a throne is vacant between two successive reigns or regimes.

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tributesomething given or contributed voluntarily as due or deserved
barristera counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor
improvidentnot provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future
certitudethe state of being or feeling certain
queerdiffering in some way from what is usual or normal : odd
precursorone that precedes and indicates the approach of another
cognateof the same or similar nature : generically alike
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vortexsomething that resembles a whirlpool