GRE Word List
REPRISAL
a retaliatory act
The meaning of the word reprisal is a retaliatory act.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| taper | to become progressively smaller toward one end |
| smolder | to burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| aspirant | one who aspires |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| leave-taking | departure |
| impuissance | weakness |
| elope | to run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent |
| season | a time characterized by a particular circumstance or feature |
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |