GRE Word List
REPRISAL
a retaliatory act
The meaning of the word reprisal is a retaliatory act.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| occult | to shut off from view or exposure : cover |
| wean | to accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing |
| irrevocable | not possible to revoke : unalterable |
| imbroglio | an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding |
| glower | to look or stare with sullen annoyance or anger |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| blighted | affected with blight (see blight |
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| adjacent | not distant : nearby |
| culmination | the action of culminating |