GRE Word List
REPERCUSSION
reflection
The meaning of the word repercussion is reflection.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| arbitrate | to act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both |
| agrarian | of or relating to fields or lands or their tenure |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| inordinate | exceeding reasonable limits : immoderate |
| crinkle | to form many short bends or ripples |
| monotheism | the doctrine or belief that there is but one God |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| psychosis | a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions |
| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |
| thwart | to oppose successfully : defeat the hopes or aspirations of |