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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|---|---|
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| factitious | produced by humans rather than by natural forces |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
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