GRE Word List
REPRISAL
a retaliatory act
The meaning of the word reprisal is a retaliatory act.
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forsake | to renounce or turn away from entirely |
bulwark | a solid wall-like structure raised for defense : rampart |
mangy | affected with or resulting from mange |
tantrum | a fit of bad temper |
prophetic | of, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy |
brawn | the flesh of a boar |
correlation | the state or relation of being correlated |
pedant | one who is unimaginative or who unduly emphasizes minutiae in the presentation or use of knowledge |
complaisant | marked by an inclination to please or oblige |
sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |