GRE Word List
REPRISAL
a retaliatory act
The meaning of the word reprisal is a retaliatory act.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |
| mirage | an optical (see optical |
| cemetery | a burial ground |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| zephyr | a breeze from the west |
| perpetrate | to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit |
| porous | possessing or full of pores |
| petulant | insolent or rude in speech or behavior |
| stint | a period of time spent at a particular activity |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |