GRE Word List
REPRISE
a musical repetition:
The meaning of the word reprise is a musical repetition:.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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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 |