GRE Word List
REPRISAL
a retaliatory act
The meaning of the word reprisal is a retaliatory act.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bliss | complete happiness |
| negate | to deny the existence or truth of |
| base | the bottom of something considered as its support : foundation |
| delusive | likely to delude |
| faction | a party or group (as within a government) that is often contentious or self-seeking : clique |
| urbane | notably polite or polished in manner |
| relapse | the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding |
| navigable | deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships |
| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |
| hypochondriac | hypochondriacal |