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 |
|---|---|
| scrappy | consisting of scraps |
| analgesic | an agent producing diminished sensation to pain without loss of consciousness : a drug that is used to relieve pain and produce analgesia |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| fancier | one that has a special liking or interest |
| dirge | a song or hymn of grief or lamentation |
| checkered | marked by alternating squares of different colors, shades, or materials |
| climactic | of, relating to, or constituting a climax |
| ordain | to invest (see invest |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |