GRE Word List
REPRISAL
a retaliatory act
The meaning of the word reprisal is a retaliatory act.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| forensic | belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate |
| thrifty | given to or marked by economy and good management |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| hothead | a hotheaded person |
| breadth | distance from side to side : width |
| 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) |
| preternatural | existing outside of nature |
| start | to move suddenly and violently : spring |
| pluck | to pull or pick off or out |
| violate | break |