GRE Word List
REPRISAL
a retaliatory act
The meaning of the word reprisal is a retaliatory act.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| clemency | disposition to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment due |
| congruence | the quality or state of agreeing, coinciding, or being congruent |
| blare | to sound loud and strident |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| hubbub | noise |
| navigable | deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships |
| simian | of, relating to, or resembling monkeys or apes |
| impartial | not partial or biased : treating or affecting all equally |
| recrimination | a retaliatory accusation |
| gustatory | relating to or associated with eating or the sense of taste |