GRE Word List
REPRISAL
a retaliatory act
The meaning of the word reprisal is a retaliatory act.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impropriety | an improper or indecorous act or remark |
| insularity | characteristic of an isolated people |
| petty | having secondary rank or importance : minor |
| consonance | harmony or agreement among components |
| quisling | traitor |
| brackish | somewhat salty |
| factious | of or relating to faction: such as |
| precise | exactly or sharply defined or stated |
| unrequited | not requited : not reciprocated or returned in kind |
| bestial | of or relating to beasts |