GRE Word List
REPRISAL
a retaliatory act
The meaning of the word reprisal is a retaliatory act.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |
| ignoble | characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness |
| recital | a detailed account : enumeration |
| wary | marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger |
| mottled | marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors |
| dismember | to cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of |
| complement | something that fills up, completes, or makes better or perfect |
| discriminate | to mark or perceive the distinguishing or peculiar features of |
| temper | heat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion |
| berserk | an ancient Scandinavian warrior frenzied in battle and held to be invulnerable |