GRE Word List
REPRISAL
a retaliatory act
The meaning of the word reprisal is a retaliatory act.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cadence | the beat, time, or measure of rhythmical motion or activity |
| labile | readily or continually undergoing chemical, physical, or biological change or breakdown : unstable |
| miscreant | unbelieving |
| reciprocate | to give and take mutually |
| woeful | full of woe : grievous |
| embrace | to clasp in the arms : hug |
| unkempt | not combed |
| beleaguer | besiege |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| skittish | lively or frisky in action : capricious |