GRE Word List
REPERCUSSION
reflection
The meaning of the word repercussion is reflection.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |
| gamely | a physical or mental competition conducted according to rules with the participants in direct opposition to each other |
| persevere | to persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement |
| stink | to emit a strong offensive odor |
| caucus | a closed meeting of a group of persons belonging to the same political party or faction usually to select candidates or to decide on policy |
| gentility | the condition of belonging to the gentry |
| motility | the quality or state of being motile : capability of movement |
| grievance | a cause of distress (such as an unsatisfactory working condition) felt to afford reason for complaint or resistance |
| yore | time past and especially long past |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |