GRE Word List
REPRISAL
a retaliatory act
The meaning of the word reprisal is a retaliatory act.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| tread | to step or walk on or over |
| enrapture | to fill with delight |
| heedless | not taking heed : inconsiderate |
| conception | the process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both |
| blatant | noisy especially in a vulgar or offensive manner : clamorous |
| cue | the letter q |
| bellicose | favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars |
| incontinent | not continent: such as |
| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |