GRE Word List
REPRISAL
a retaliatory act
The meaning of the word reprisal is a retaliatory act.
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|---|---|
| odyssey | a long wandering or voyage usually marked by many changes of fortune |
| waft | to move or go lightly on or as if on a buoyant medium |
| nib | bill |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| glossary | a collection of textual glosses or of specialized terms with their meanings |
| compartment | a separate division or section |
| supine | lying on the back or with the face upward |
| deb\^acle | sudden disastrous downfall or defeat; complete disaster |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| disdain | a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn |