GRE Word List
REPRISAL
a retaliatory act
The meaning of the word reprisal is a retaliatory act.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rife | prevalent especially to an increasing degree |
| rider | one that rides |
| blemish | to spoil by a flaw |
| beget | to procreate as the father : sire |
| curmudgeon | a crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man |
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| factious | of or relating to faction: such as |
| holocaust | a sacrifice (see sacrifice |
| spectral | of, relating to, or suggesting a specter : ghostly |
| prong | fork |