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 |
|---|---|
| simplistic | excessively simple or simplified : treating a problem or subject with false simplicity by omitting or ignoring complicating factors or details |
| luscious | having a delicious taste or smell : sweet |
| ecliptic | of or relating to the ecliptic or an eclipse |
| solder | a metal or metallic alloy used when melted to join metallic surfaces |
| brittle | easily broken, cracked, or snapped |
| implication | something implied: such as |
| rectitude | the quality or state of being straight |
| epistemologist | the study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity |
| paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |
| parameter | an arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves) |