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 |
|---|---|
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |
| prefigure | to show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness |
| exertion | the act or an instance of exerting |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| antithesis | the direct opposite |
| elusive | tending to elude: such as |
| preternatural | existing outside of nature |
| abate | to decrease in force or intensity |
| abeyance | a state of temporary inactivity : suspension |
| bound | fastened by or as if by a band : confined |