GRE Word List
REPRISAL
a retaliatory act
The meaning of the word reprisal is a retaliatory act.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| modish | fashionable |
| impecunious | having very little or no money usually habitually : penniless |
| slander | to utter slander against : defame |
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| natation | the action or art of swimming |
| qualified | fitted (as by training or experience) for a given purpose : competent |
| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |
| averse | having an active feeling of repugnance, dislike, or distaste |
| brindled | having obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground |
| maternal | of, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of a mother : motherly |