GRE Word List
REPRISAL
a retaliatory act
The meaning of the word reprisal is a retaliatory act.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unerringly | committing no error : faultless |
| queasy | causing nausea |
| tremulous | characterized by or affected with trembling or tremors |
| supernumerary | exceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number |
| virtual | being such in essence or effect though not formally recognized or admitted |
| toll | a tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge) |
| remunerative | serving to remunerate |
| progeny | descendants |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| overbearing | tending to overwhelm : overpowering |