GRE Word List
REPRISAL
a retaliatory act
The meaning of the word reprisal is a retaliatory act.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |
| chasten | to correct by punishment or suffering : discipline |
| accede | to express approval or give consent : to agree to a request or demand |
| hazardous | involving or exposing one to risk (as of loss or harm) |
| beneficiary | a person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something |
| mosaic | a surface decoration made by inlaying small pieces of variously colored material to form pictures or patterns |
| engross | to copy or write in a large hand |
| creed | a brief authoritative formula of religious belief |
| vile | morally despicable or abhorrent |
| optimist | a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism |