GRE Word List
REPRISAL
a retaliatory act
The meaning of the word reprisal is a retaliatory act.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| furtive | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious |
| trifling | lacking in significance or solid worth: such as |
| precursor | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another |
| sedulous | involving or accomplished with careful perseverance |
| fawning | seeking or used to seek approval or favor by means of flattery |
| kleptomaniac | a person evidencing kleptomania |
| abrogate | to abolish by authoritative action : annul |
| fray | a usually disorderly or protracted fight, struggle, or dispute |
| natal | native |
| temperate | having a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature |