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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WordMeaning
luscioushaving a delicious taste or smell : sweet
anarchyabsence of government
putridbeing in a state of putrefaction : rotten
vitiateto make faulty or defective : impair
venialof a kind that can be remitted : forgivable
gentryupper or ruling class : aristocracy
minusculevery small
lancea steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry
baskto lie or relax in a pleasant warmth or atmosphere
sunderto break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space