GRE Word List

REPRISAL

a retaliatory act

The meaning of the word reprisal is a retaliatory act.

Random words

WordMeaning
rifeprevalent especially to an increasing degree
riderone that rides
blemishto spoil by a flaw
begetto procreate as the father : sire
curmudgeona crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man
axioma statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate
factiousof or relating to faction: such as
holocausta sacrifice (see sacrifice
spectralof, relating to, or suggesting a specter : ghostly
prongfork