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 |
|---|---|
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
| breed | to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation |
| sturdy | firmly built or constituted : stout |
| fell | skin |
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |
| threadbare | having the nap worn off so that the thread shows : shabby |
| earn | to receive as return for effort and especially for work done or services rendered |
| wrangle | to dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker |
| artifacts | a usually simple object (such as a tool or ornament) showing human workmanship or modification as distinguished from a natural object |
| transpire | to take place : go on |