GRE Word List
REPRISE
a musical repetition:
The meaning of the word reprise is a musical repetition:.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| actuarial | of or relating to actuaries |
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| tremulous | characterized by or affected with trembling or tremors |
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