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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WordMeaning
bickerpetulant quarreling : altercation
augmentto make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense
festerto generate pus
cankeran erosive or spreading sore
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gentryupper or ruling class : aristocracy
matrixsomething within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form
inanimatenot animate:
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curtailto make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part