GRE Word List
REPRISAL
a retaliatory act
The meaning of the word reprisal is a retaliatory act.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| niggle | trifle |
| transcribe | to make a written copy of |
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| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| climactic | of, relating to, or constituting a climax |
| sheathe | to put into or furnish with a sheath |
| peripatetic | a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism |
| mute | unable to speak : lacking the power of speech |
| abbreviate | to make briefer |
| compilation | the act or process of compiling |