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 |
|---|---|
| lucrative | producing wealth : profitable |
| insolvent | unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business |
| proviso | an article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |
| haggard | not tamed |
| aboriginal | being the first or earliest known of its kind present in a region |
| primary | first in order of time or development : primitive |
| caustic | capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| eventual | contingent |