GRE Word List
REPRISAL
a retaliatory act
The meaning of the word reprisal is a retaliatory act.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| requisite | needed for a particular purpose : essential |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| rhapsody | a portion of an epic poem adapted for recitation |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| tatter | to make ragged |
| solicit | to make petition to : entreat |
| rank | relative standing or position |
| provenance | origin |
| intermediary | mediator |