GRE Word List
REPRISAL
a retaliatory act
The meaning of the word reprisal is a retaliatory act.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pare | to trim off an outside, excess, or irregular part of |
| slavish | of or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude |
| concord | a state of agreement : harmony |
| depict | to represent by or as if by a picture |
| protean | of or resembling Proteus in having a varied nature or ability to assume different forms |
| transpire | to take place : go on |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| angular | forming an angle : sharp-cornered |
| mortician | undertaker |
| wanderlust | strong longing for or impulse toward wandering |