GRE Word List
REPRISE
a musical repetition:
The meaning of the word reprise is a musical repetition:.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |
| betoken | to typify beforehand : presage |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| litigation | the act, process, or practice of settling a dispute in a court of law : the act or process of litigating |
| pensive | musingly or dreamily thoughtful |
| orthography | the art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage |
| rescind | to take away : remove |
| obnoxious | odiously or disgustingly objectionable : highly offensive |
| careen | to put (a ship or boat) on a beach especially in order to clean, caulk, or repair the hull |
| aboriginal | being the first or earliest known of its kind present in a region |