GRE Word List
REPRISAL
a retaliatory act
The meaning of the word reprisal is a retaliatory act.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| amenities | something that helps to provide comfort, convenience, or enjoyment |
| aspersion | a false or misleading charge meant to harm someone's reputation |
| pseudonym | a fictitious name |
| tutelary | having the guardianship of a person or a thing |
| overt | open to view : manifest |
| panacea | a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all |
| clavicle | a bone of the shoulder girdle typically serving to link the scapula and sternum |
| underhand | in a clandestine manner |
| quarry | game |
| distort | to twist (see twist |