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 |
|---|---|
| dint | force |
| serendipity | the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for |
| remittance | a sum of money remitted |
| stem_from | arise from; originate from |
| pied | of two or more colors in blotches |
| peddle | to travel about with wares for sale |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| daunt | to lessen the courage of : cow |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| reputed | having a good repute : reputable |