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 |
|---|---|
| predilection | an established preference for something |
| obfuscate | to throw into shadow : darken |
| besmirch | to cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of (something) : sully |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
| liquidate | to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| abide | to bear patiently : tolerate |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |
| euphony | pleasing or sweet sound |
| regiment | a military unit consisting usually of a number of battalions |