GRE Word List

REPRISAL

a retaliatory act

The meaning of the word reprisal is a retaliatory act.

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WordMeaning
contrivedevise
adhereto hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing
satellitea celestial body orbiting another of larger size
blisscomplete happiness
arbitrateto act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both
maledictioncurse
defileto make unclean or impure: such as
scapegoata goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur
plenitudethe quality or state of being full : completeness
headlongheadfirst