GRE Word List
REPRISE
a musical repetition:
The meaning of the word reprise is a musical repetition:.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| exorcise | to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration |
| benison | blessing |
| livid | discolored by bruising : black-and-blue |
| indignity | an act that offends against a person's dignity or self-respect : insult |
| sham | a trick that deludes : hoax |
| placebo | a usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder |
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |
| convoke | to call together to a meeting |
| frond | a large leaf (especially of a palm or fern) usually with many divisions |
| thrifty | given to or marked by economy and good management |