GRE Word List
COMEBACK
a sharp or witty reply : retort
The meaning of the word comeback is a sharp or witty reply : retort.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lackadaisical | lacking life, spirit, or zest : languid |
| mangy | affected with or resulting from mange |
| lode | waterway |
| quotidian | occurring every day |
| loft | an upper room or floor : attic |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| pusillanimous | lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity |
| nonplus | a state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary |
| abate | to decrease in force or intensity |