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 |
|---|---|
| apprehensive | viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future |
| natty | trimly neat and tidy : smart |
| debris | the remains of something broken down or destroyed |
| refectory | a dining hall (as in a monastery or college) |
| notch | a V-shaped indentation |
| tribunal | a court or forum of justice |
| overture | an initiative toward agreement or action : proposal |
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| quiver | a case for carrying or holding arrows |