GRE Word List
RESPITE
a period of temporary delay
The meaning of the word respite is a period of temporary delay.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| seduce | to persuade to disobedience or disloyalty |
| rotundity | marked by roundness : rounded |
| aria | air |
| cacophonous | marked by cacophony : harsh-sounding |
| jingoist | extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy |
| paramour | lover |
| militant | engaged in warfare or combat : fighting |
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| glacial | suggestive of ice: such as |
| evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |