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 |
|---|---|
| quaff | to drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously |
| acuity | keenness of perception |
| gesticulation | the act of making gestures |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| surfeit | an overabundant supply : excess |
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |
| gall | brazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence |
| transpire | to take place : go on |
| thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |
| document | proof |