GRE Word List
REPRISAL
a retaliatory act
The meaning of the word reprisal is a retaliatory act.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| attire | to put garments on : dress |
| sylvan | one that frequents groves or woods |
| gaunt | excessively thin and angular |
| diversion | the act or an instance of diverting or straying from a course, activity, or use : deviation |
| dynamo | generator |
| eccentric | deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| meretricious | of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution |
| nutrient | furnishing nourishment |
| humus | a brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic |