GRE Word List
REPRISAL
a retaliatory act
The meaning of the word reprisal is a retaliatory act.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inestimable | incapable of being estimated or computed |
| phenomena | phenomenon |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| slag | the dross or scoria of a metal |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| taut | having no give or slack : tightly drawn |
| saline | consisting of or containing salt |
| shackle | something (such as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms |
| wrangle | to dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker |
| somber | so shaded as to be dark and gloomy |