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 |
|---|---|
| muddle | to make turbid or muddy |
| vulgar | lacking in cultivation, perception, or taste : coarse |
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| improvise | to compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| resign | relegate |
| ravage | an act or practice of ravaging |
| disparate | markedly distinct in quality or character |
| bastion | a projecting part of a fortification |
| amicable | characterized by friendly goodwill : peaceable |