GRE Word List
REPRISAL
a retaliatory act
The meaning of the word reprisal is a retaliatory act.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| token | a piece resembling a coin issued for use (as for fare on a bus) by a particular group on specified terms |
| malicious | having or showing a desire to cause harm to someone : given to, marked by, or arising from malice |
| flinch | to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince |
| orgy | secret ceremonial rites held in honor of an ancient Greek or Roman deity and usually characterized by ecstatic singing and dancing |
| bauble | trinket |
| religious | relating to or manifesting faithful devotion to an acknowledged ultimate reality or deity |
| lumen | the cavity of a tubular organ or part |
| obliterate | to remove utterly from recognition or memory |
| stupor | a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility |
| progeny | descendants |