GRE Word List
REPRISAL
a retaliatory act
The meaning of the word reprisal is a retaliatory act.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cite | to call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court) |
| circumspect | careful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences : prudent |
| quarantine | a period of 40 days |
| matriarch | a woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state |
| tawny | of the color tawny |
| sophist | philosopher |
| plasticity | the quality or state of being plastic |
| insolvent | unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business |
| projectile | a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia |
| jumble | to move in a confused or disordered manner |