GRE Word List
REPRISAL
a retaliatory act
The meaning of the word reprisal is a retaliatory act.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tablet | a flat slab or plaque suited for or bearing an inscription |
| flotsam | floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo |
| debilitate | to impair the strength of : enfeeble |
| abdicate | to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function |
| touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| sinecure | an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income |
| billowing | wave |
| cleave | to adhere firmly and closely or loyally and unwaveringly |
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |