GRE Word List
REPRISAL
a retaliatory act
The meaning of the word reprisal is a retaliatory act.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| concomitant | accompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way |
| hinterlands | a region lying inland from a coast |
| antiquated | outmoded or discredited by reason of age : old and no longer useful, popular, or accepted |
| premeditate | to think about and revolve in the mind beforehand |
| panache | an ornamental tuft (as of feathers) especially on a helmet |
| moribund | being in the state of dying : approaching death |
| benison | blessing |
| inquisitor | one who inquires or makes inquisition |
| char | any of a genus (Salvelinus) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots |
| harass | exhaust |