GRE Word List
REPRISAL
a retaliatory act
The meaning of the word reprisal is a retaliatory act.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| repel | to drive back : repulse |
| callous | being hardened and thickened |
| debonair | suave |
| thwart | to oppose successfully : defeat the hopes or aspirations of |
| narcissist | an individual showing symptoms of or affected by narcissism: such as |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| morbid | of, relating to, or characteristic of disease |
| inept | generally incompetent : bungling |
| amphibian | an amphibious organism |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |