GRE Word List

REPRISAL

a retaliatory act

The meaning of the word reprisal is a retaliatory act.

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WordMeaning
stem_fromarise from; originate from
underhandin a clandestine manner
torpora state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility
shackhut
retaliateto return like for like
theoreticalexisting only in theory : hypothetical
disparageto depreciate (see depreciate
freneticmarked by fast and energetic, disordered, or anxiety-driven activity : frenzied
quarantinea period of 40 days
chroniclea historical account of events arranged in order of time usually without analysis or interpretation