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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| court | the residence or establishment of a sovereign or similar dignitary |
| parasite | an organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host |
| interregnum | the time during which a throne is vacant between two successive reigns or regimes |
| exchequer | a department or office of state in medieval England charged with the collection and management of the royal revenue and judicial determination of all revenue causes |
| susceptible | capable of submitting to an action, process, or operation |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| squeamish | easily nauseated : queasy |
| rehabilitate | to restore to a former capacity : reinstate |
| vagabond | a person who wanders from place to place without a fixed home : one leading a vagabond life |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |