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 |
|---|---|
| gerontocracy | rule by elders |
| didactic | designed or intended to teach |
| growl | rumble |
| conveyance | the action of conveying |
| brooch | an ornament that is held by a pin or clasp and is worn at or near the neck |
| surfeit | an overabundant supply : excess |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |
| analogy | a comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect |