GRE Word List
REPRISAL
a retaliatory act
The meaning of the word reprisal is a retaliatory act.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| crypt | a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground |
| inanimate | not animate: |
| gregarious | tending to associate with others of one's kind : social |
| congenial | pleasant |
| disarray | a lack of order or sequence : confusion |
| manipulate | to treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner |
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| aspirant | one who aspires |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| wanton | merciless |