GRE Word List
REPRISAL
a retaliatory act
The meaning of the word reprisal is a retaliatory act.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| accoutre | to provide with equipment or furnishings : outfit |
| servitude | a condition in which one lacks liberty especially to determine one's course of action or way of life |
| frustrate | to balk or defeat in an endeavor |
| sinewy | full of sinews: such as |
| edifice | building |
| rubric | an authoritative rule |
| drudgery | dull, irksome, and fatiguing work : uninspiring or menial labor |
| catalyst | a substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible |
| sever | to put or keep apart : divide |
| fortuitous | occurring by chance |