GRE Word List
REPRISAL
a retaliatory act
The meaning of the word reprisal is a retaliatory act.
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|---|---|
| colossal | of, relating to, or resembling a colossus |
| elixir | a substance held capable of changing base metals into gold |
| dint | force |
| deference | respect and esteem due a superior or an elder |
| bait | to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| enthrall | to hold spellbound : charm |
| caprice | a sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action |
| abrogate | to abolish by authoritative action : annul |
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