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 |
|---|---|
| overblown | past the prime of bloom |
| betoken | to typify beforehand : presage |
| bivouac | a usually temporary encampment under little or no shelter |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| fortuitous | occurring by chance |
| erroneous | containing or characterized by error : mistaken |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| germinal | being in the earliest stage of development |
| institute | something that is instituted: such as |