GRE Word List
REPRISAL
a retaliatory act
The meaning of the word reprisal is a retaliatory act.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vision | the act or power of seeing : sight |
| aesthetic | of, relating to, or dealing with aesthetics or the beautiful |
| random | a haphazard course |
| paste | a dough that contains a considerable proportion of fat and is used for pastry crust or fancy rolls |
| commune | talk over |
| adore | to worship or honor as a deity or as divine |
| transitory | of brief duration : temporary |
| unsavory | insipid |
| confine | something (such as borders or walls) that encloses |
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |