GRE Word List

MORATORIUM

a legally authorized period of delay in the performance of a legal obligation or the payment of a debt

The meaning of the word moratorium is a legally authorized period of delay in the performance of a legal obligation or the payment of a debt.

Random words

WordMeaning
anathemasomeone or something intensely disliked or loathed
comeuppancea deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts
genialitymarked by or freely expressing sympathy or friendliness
miscellaneousconsisting of diverse things or members : heterogeneous
browseto eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse
stunto make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze
amissin a mistaken way : wrongly
tethera line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement
vituperativeuttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse
regimeregimen