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 |
|---|---|
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |
| surfeit | an overabundant supply : excess |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| feline | of, relating to, or affecting cats or the cat family |
| dowry | the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage |
| metamorphosis | change of physical form, structure, or substance especially by supernatural means |
| interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |
| subdue | to conquer and bring into subjection : vanquish |
| fulsome | characterized by abundance : copious |
| decelerate | to reduce the speed of : slow down |