GRE Word List

REPRISAL

a retaliatory act

The meaning of the word reprisal is a retaliatory act.

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WordMeaning
pryto look closely or inquisitively
choicethe act of choosing : selection
stinkto emit a strong offensive odor
wangleto resort to trickery or devious methods
paraphernaliathe separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life
castigationto subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism
kineticof or relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces and energy associated therewith
transcendentaltranscendent
yoretime past and especially long past
rigto fit out with rigging