GRE Word List
REPRISE
a musical repetition:
The meaning of the word reprise is a musical repetition:.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| shear | to cut off the hair from |
| bane | a source of harm or ruin : curse |
| noncommittal | giving no clear indication of attitude or feeling |
| tyranny | oppressive power |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| prognosticate | to foretell from signs or symptoms : predict |
| reconnaissance | a preliminary survey to gain information |
| ascertain | to find out or learn with certainty |
| satellite | a celestial body orbiting another of larger size |
| castigation | to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism |