GRE Word List
REPRISAL
a retaliatory act
The meaning of the word reprisal is a retaliatory act.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| catapult | an ancient military device for hurling missiles |
| foster | having, relating to, or being the relationship between a foster parent and the child who the foster parent cares for |
| belie | to give a false impression of |
| interminable | having or seeming to have no end |
| warren | a place legally authorized for keeping small game (such as hare or pheasant) |
| quay | a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place |
| gust | the sensation of taste |
| aboriginal | being the first or earliest known of its kind present in a region |
| theocracy | government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided |
| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |
