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).
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| embroil | to throw into disorder or confusion |
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |
| amorphous | having no definite form : shapeless |
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| personable | pleasant or amiable in person : attractive |
| superficial | of, relating to, or located near a surface |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| blotch | to mark or mar with blotches |
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