GRE Word List

REPRISAL

a retaliatory act

The meaning of the word reprisal is a retaliatory act.

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WordMeaning
awla pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood)
snubto check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke
spawnto deposit or fertilize spawn
qualifyto reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify
obsequya funeral or burial rite
sedentarynot migratory : settled
incinerateto cause to burn to ashes
advocateone who defends or maintains a cause or proposal
omnipresentpresent in all places at all times
mortifyto subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame