GRE Word List
RESPITE
a period of temporary delay
The meaning of the word respite is a period of temporary delay.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| smart | having or showing a high degree of mental ability : intelligent |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| bucolic | of or relating to shepherds or herdsmen : pastoral |
| vernal | of, relating to, or occurring in the spring |
| suitor | one that petitions or entreats |
| mannered | having manners of a specified kind |
| precipitant | precipitate |
| arbitrary | existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |