-al

Usage

• reprisal

  A reprisal is something violent or harmful that you do to punish someone for something bad or unpleasant that they did to you.

• dispersal

  A dispersal of something is its scattering or distribution over a wide area.

• appraisal

  When someone offers an appraisal of something, they indicate the value or worth of it.

• ritual

  A ritual is an established and formal behavior, such as a religious ceremony or graduation from high school or college.

• signal

  A signal is a sound or action that has a special meaning to another person to whom it is given or sent.