GRE Word List
REPRISE
a musical repetition:
The meaning of the word reprise is a musical repetition:.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| kernel | the inner softer part of a seed, fruit stone, or nut |
| obituary | a notice of a person's death usually with a short biographical account |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| institute | something that is instituted: such as |
| brandish | to shake or wave (something, such as a weapon) menacingly |
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| splice | to unite (two ropes or two parts of a rope) by interweaving the strands |
| impregnable | incapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable |
| furrow | a trench in the earth made by a plow |
| egotism | excessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun |