GRE Word List
REPRISE
a musical repetition:
The meaning of the word reprise is a musical repetition:.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| consternation | amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion |
| catharsis | purification or purgation of the emotions (such as pity and fear) primarily through art |
| imbue | endow |
| engulf | to flow over and enclose : overwhelm |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| magniloquent | speaking in or characterized by a high-flown often bombastic style or manner |
| wispy | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| humid | containing or characterized by perceptible moisture especially to the point of being oppressive |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| bilk | to block the free development of : frustrate |