GRE Word List
REPRISAL
a retaliatory act
The meaning of the word reprisal is a retaliatory act.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rebate | to reduce the force or activity of : diminish |
| dispassionate | not influenced by strong feeling |
| equable | marked by lack of variation or change : uniform |
| prevaricate | to deviate from the truth : equivocate |
| debar | to bar from having or doing something : preclude |
| diurnal | active chiefly in the daytime |
| tractable | capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled : docile |
| astigmatism | a defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image |
| assail | to attack violently : assault |
| arboreal | of, relating to, or resembling a tree |