GRE Word List
REPRISAL
a retaliatory act
The meaning of the word reprisal is a retaliatory act.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| charm | the chanting or reciting of a magic spell : incantation |
| cull | to select from a group : choose |
| callow | lacking adult sophistication : immature |
| revelry | noisy partying or merrymaking |
| jostle | to come in contact or into collision |
| seedy | containing or full of seeds |
| maelstrom | a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius |
| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |
| purported | reputed |
| facsimile | an exact copy |