GRE Word List
REPRISAL
a retaliatory act
The meaning of the word reprisal is a retaliatory act.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| jurisprudence | the science or philosophy of law |
| kinetic | of or relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces and energy associated therewith |
| glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |
| disquietude | anxiety |
| conception | the process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both |
| replicate | duplicate |
| ingenuous | showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness |
| leonine | of, relating to, suggestive of, or resembling a lion |
| slaughter | the act of killing |
| induct | to put in formal possession (as of a benefice or office) : install |