GRE Word List
REPRISE
a musical repetition:
The meaning of the word reprise is a musical repetition:.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| duress | forcible restraint or restriction |
| espouse | marry |
| urgent | calling for immediate attention : pressing |
| solace | to give comfort to in grief or misfortune : console |
| mercantile | of or relating to merchants or trading |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |
| somber | so shaded as to be dark and gloomy |
| provisional | serving for the time being : temporary |
| beneficial | producing good results or helpful effects : conferring benefits (see benefit |