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

WordMeaning
exodusthe mainly narrative second book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture see Bible Table
triflesomething of little value, substance, or importance
baitto persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks
cumbersomeunwieldy because of heaviness and bulk
derangedmentally unsound : crazy
exertionthe act or an instance of exerting
nominalof, relating to, or being a noun or a word or expression taking a noun construction
regaleto entertain sumptuously : feast with delicacies
capacitylegal competency (see competence
eloquencediscourse marked by force and persuasiveness