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
tycoona businessperson of exceptional wealth, power, and influence : magnate
orientationthe act or process of orienting or of being oriented
insipidlacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge : dull
discloseto make known or public
disportsport
stenchstink
mettlevigor and strength of spirit or temperament (see temperament
veritythe quality or state of being true or real
aggrandizeto make great or greater : increase
stanzaa division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe