GRE Word List
REPRIEVE
to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner)
The meaning of the word reprieve is to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| institute | something that is instituted: such as |
| testator | a person who dies leaving a will or testament in force |
| disenfranchise | to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity |
| impel | to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force |
| brood | the young of an animal or a family of young |
| pushy | aggressive often to an objectionable degree : forward |
| rarefied | being less dense |
| stentorian | extremely loud |
| prong | fork |
| beware | to be on one's guard |