REPRISAL
(noun) a retaliatory action against an enemy in wartime
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Mnemonics for reprisal
(Tag: English) reprisal ~ appraisal ; If you Boss doesn't give you good appraisal (the yearly evaluation based on which salary is incremented) then you should retailiate by actually not performing/working !
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(Tag: ) His reprehensible deed deserved a reprisal.
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(Tag: ) re+PRICE+al where we assign some price to every object RETALIATE with its value.
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(Tag: ) you go ta shop..and u like an item..but it is expensive .so u ask the shp keeper to re price(prise) the item..this time he prices it even high..so u act violently towards him..bcoz he has done sth bad to u...
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(Tag: ) REPRISAL = REPRESS + ASSAIL.
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(Tag: ) Due to your reprisal boss was forced to perform a re appraisal.
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(Tag: ) reprisal = rep + rise + al = repeated rising or rise again after defeat
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(Tag: ) re + uprise, fight back.
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(Tag: ) take a reprisal (revenge)to get apprisal
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(Tag: ) reprisal = rep + rise + al = repeated rising
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(Tag: ) re+uprise:fight back again.
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(Tag: ) REPRISAL re + rise; repeatedly rise.
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