GRE Word List
RESPITE
a period of temporary delay
The meaning of the word respite is a period of temporary delay.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| compact | predominantly formed or filled : composed |
| extricate | to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty |
| connivance | the act of conniving |
| spruce | to make spruce |
| reactionary | relating to, marked by, or favoring reaction |
| addle | rotten |
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |
| pigment | a substance that imparts black or white or a color to other materials |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| scourge | whip |