GRE Word List
REPRISAL
a retaliatory act
The meaning of the word reprisal is a retaliatory act.
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| barrister | a counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor |
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| compulsion | an act of compelling |
| irreproachable | not reproachable : blameless |
| profusion | lavish expenditure : extravagance |
| spasmodic | relating to or affected or characterized by spasm |
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| effulgent | radiant splendor : brilliance |
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