GRE Word List
REPRISAL
a retaliatory act
The meaning of the word reprisal is a retaliatory act.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stem_from | arise from; originate from |
| underhand | in a clandestine manner |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| shack | hut |
| retaliate | to return like for like |
| theoretical | existing only in theory : hypothetical |
| disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |
| frenetic | marked by fast and energetic, disordered, or anxiety-driven activity : frenzied |
| quarantine | a period of 40 days |
| chronicle | a historical account of events arranged in order of time usually without analysis or interpretation |