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 |
|---|---|
| compound | something formed by a union of elements or parts |
| slake | subside |
| straggle | to wander from the direct course or way : rove |
| receptive | able or inclined to receive |
| animadversion | a critical and usually censorious remark |
| glow | to shine with or as if with an intense heat |
| interminable | having or seeming to have no end |
| boorish | resembling or befitting a rude or insensitive person : resembling or befitting a boor |
| pithy | consisting of or abounding in pith |
| sophisticated | deprived of native or original simplicity: such as |