GRE Word List
REPRISAL
a retaliatory act
The meaning of the word reprisal is a retaliatory act.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incontinent | not continent: such as |
| flaunt | to display or obtrude oneself to public notice |
| prate | to talk long and idly : chatter |
| soluble | susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water |
| miasma | a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease |
| exhume | disinter |
| sleight | deceitful craftiness |
| potion | a mixture of liquids (such as liquor or medicine) |
| fake | not true, real, or genuine : counterfeit |
| cistern | an artificial reservoir (such as an underground tank) for storing liquids and especially water (such as rainwater) |