GRE Word List
REPRISE
a musical repetition:
The meaning of the word reprise is a musical repetition:.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| recurrent | running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course |
| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |
| infest | to spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner |
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| dyspeptic | indigestion |
| abrasive | causing damage, wear, or removal of surface material by grinding or rubbing : tending to abrade |
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |
| mingle | to bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : intermix |
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |
| sear | being dried and withered |