GRE Word List
REPRISE
a musical repetition:
The meaning of the word reprise is a musical repetition:.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| vicar | an ecclesiastical agent: such as |
| amend | to put right |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| run-down | an item-by-item report or review : summary |
| dwindle | to become steadily less : shrink |
| casual | subject to, resulting from, or occurring by chance |
| savant | a person of learning |
| crux | a puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question |
| ovoid | resembling an egg in shape : ovate |