GRE Word List
REPRISAL
a retaliatory act
The meaning of the word reprisal is a retaliatory act.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| damn | to condemn to a punishment or fate |
| wane | to decrease in size, extent, or degree : dwindle |
| reticent | inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech : reserved |
| eclipse | the total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another |
| static | exerting force by reason of weight alone without motion |
| clique | a narrow exclusive circle or group of persons |
| evasive | tending or intended to evade : equivocal |
| insatiable | incapable of being satisfied : quenchless |
| turncoat | one who switches to an opposing side or party |
| dissimulate | to hide under a false appearance |