GRE Word List

RESPITE

a period of temporary delay

The meaning of the word respite is a period of temporary delay.

Random words

WordMeaning
pretendto give a false appearance of being, possessing, or performing
mammalany of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans
misconductmismanagement especially of governmental or military responsibilities
canvassto go through (a district) or go to (persons) in order to solicit orders or political support or to determine opinions or sentiments
gargoylea spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building
pillorya device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked
carnagethe flesh of slain animals or humans
casualtya military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action
transcendentaltranscendent
fanciedimagined or believed to be true or real