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
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| arrears | the state of being behind in the discharge of obligations |
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| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| contiguous | being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point |
| absolve | to set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt |
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| supplicant | one who supplicates |
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