GRE Word List
REPRISAL
a retaliatory act
The meaning of the word reprisal is a retaliatory act.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |
| agrarian | of or relating to fields or lands or their tenure |
| hybrid | an offspring of two animals or plants of different subspecies, breeds, varieties, species, or genera |
| fussy | easily upset : irritable |
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |
| equine | of, relating to, or resembling a horse or the horse family |
| scaffold | a temporary or movable platform for workers (such as bricklayers, painters, or miners) to stand or sit on when working at a height above the floor or ground |
| stagnant | not flowing in a current or stream |
| concise | marked by brevity of expression or statement : free from all elaboration and superfluous detail |
| conglomerate | made up of parts from various sources or of various kinds |