GRE Word List
REPRISAL
a retaliatory act
The meaning of the word reprisal is a retaliatory act.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| iniquitous | characterized by iniquity |
| correlate | either of two things so related that one directly implies or is complementary to the other (such as husband and wife) |
| yore | time past and especially long past |
| discerning | showing insight and understanding : discriminating |
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| pinnace | a light sailing ship |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| memorialize | to address or petition by a memorial |
| autopsy | an examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease |
| frock | an outer garment worn by monks and friars : habit |