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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| verdant | green in tint or color |
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| apostate | one who commits apostasy |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| growl | rumble |
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