GRE Word List
COMEBACK
a sharp or witty reply : retort
The meaning of the word comeback is a sharp or witty reply : retort.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hovel | an open shed or shelter |
| defray | to provide for the payment of : pay |
| potential | existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality |
| diligence | steady, earnest, and energetic effort : devoted and painstaking work and application to accomplish an undertaking : assiduity |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| mausoleum | a large tomb |
| shear | to cut off the hair from |
| verisimilitude | the quality or state of being verisimilar |
| enfranchise | to set free (as from slavery) |
| aphasia | loss or impairment of the power to use or comprehend words usually resulting from brain damage (as from a stroke, head injury, or infection) |