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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| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
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| tarry | to delay or be tardy in acting or doing |
| hoodwink | to deceive by false appearance : dupe |
| contagion | a contagious disease |
| fidelity | the quality or state of being faithful |
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