GRE Word List
REPRISAL
a retaliatory act
The meaning of the word reprisal is a retaliatory act.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| introspective | characterized by examination of one's own thoughts and feelings : thoughtfully reflective : employing, marked by, or tending to introspection |
| glut | to flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand |
| hortatory | hortative |
| bucolic | of or relating to shepherds or herdsmen : pastoral |
| adamant | unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding |
| urge | to present, advocate, or demand earnestly or pressingly |
| buoyant | having buoyancy |
| manifesto | a written statement declaring publicly the intentions, motives, or views of its issuer |
| intractable | not easily governed, managed, or directed |
| bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |