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 |
|---|---|
| mellifluous | having a smooth rich flow |
| loft | an upper room or floor : attic |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| gnarl | snarl |
| deducible | to determine by reasoning or deduction |
| pensive | musingly or dreamily thoughtful |
| malingerer | to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work) |
| matrimony | the state of being married : marriage |
| circuitous | having a circular or winding course |
| infest | to spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner |