GRE Word List
REPRISE
a musical repetition:
The meaning of the word reprise is a musical repetition:.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| intuition | the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference |
| mealymouthed | not plain and straightforward : devious |
| 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 |
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| taut | having no give or slack : tightly drawn |
| violate | break |
| limbo | an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism |
| flay | to strip off the skin or surface of : skin |
| scheme | a plan or program of action |
| objective | expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations |