Word of the Day: Reprieve

Reprieve:  suspensão temporária de uma sentença, moratória, perdão, alívio, suspender temporariamente a execução de uma sentença, prorrogar, adiar, aliviar.

Synonyms: absolution, wait, amnesty, tie-up, bind, take pity on, blockage, suspension,  compassion, spare, suspend, pardon

"He was sentenced to death but then reprieved."(www.merria-mwebster.com)

"New Bailout Is a Reprieve for Greece, but Doubts Persist" (www.nytimes.com /February 21, 2012)

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Word of the Day: Scanty

Scanty: escasso, pouco, apertado, insuficiente 

Synonyms:  exiguous, niggardly,poor, scant, meager, scarce, skimp, skimpy, slender, slim, spare, sparse, stingy, wanting, circumscribed tight, underdeveloped, abstemious

“State aid has grown so scanty that many heritage sites must pay for themselves...”Newsweek, December 25, 2005”