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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| promote | to advance in station, rank, or honor : raise |
| corpulent | having a large bulky body : obese |
| dolorous | causing, marked by, or expressing misery or grief |
| dyspeptic | indigestion |
| euphoria | a feeling of well-being or elation |
| malleable | capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers |
| retract | to draw back or in |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| impale | to pierce with or as if with something pointed |
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