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 |
|---|---|
| exodus | the mainly narrative second book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture see Bible Table |
| trifle | something of little value, substance, or importance |
| bait | to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks |
| cumbersome | unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk |
| deranged | mentally unsound : crazy |
| exertion | the act or an instance of exerting |
| nominal | of, relating to, or being a noun or a word or expression taking a noun construction |
| regale | to entertain sumptuously : feast with delicacies |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| eloquence | discourse marked by force and persuasiveness |