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 |
|---|---|
| stratagem | an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy |
| patronize | to act as patron of : provide aid or support for |
| novice | a person admitted to probationary membership in a religious community |
| inviolable | secure from violation or profanation |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| spartan | a native or inhabitant of ancient Sparta |
| smear | a viscous or sticky substance |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |