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 |
|---|---|
| contention | a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| inane | lacking significance, meaning, or point : silly |
| fraught | full of or accompanied by something specified |
| prize | something offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance |
| legacy | a gift by will especially of money or other personal property : bequest |
| fete | festival |
| inverse | opposite in order, nature, or effect |
| talon | the claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey |
| deify | to make a god of |