GRE Word List
REPRISE
a musical repetition:
The meaning of the word reprise is a musical repetition:.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fancier | one that has a special liking or interest |
| insubstantial | not substantial: such as |
| pacify | to allay the anger or agitation of : soothe |
| strident | characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound |
| throb | to pulsate or pound with abnormal force or rapidity |
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| crass | gross |
| lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |
| prelate | an ecclesiastic (such as a bishop or abbot) of superior rank |
| travesty | a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation |