GRE Word List

REPRISAL

a retaliatory act

The meaning of the word reprisal is a retaliatory act.

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ferreta domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat
miragean optical (see optical
cemeterya burial ground
impiousnot pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent
zephyra breeze from the west
perpetrateto bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit
porouspossessing or full of pores
petulantinsolent or rude in speech or behavior
stinta period of time spent at a particular activity
posteritythe offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation