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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promiscuoushaving or involving many sexual partners : not restricted to one sexual partner or few sexual partners
flukeflatfish
interdicta Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district
abdicateto renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function
cavilto raise trivial and frivolous objection
tickleto touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements
buccaneerany of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies
egothe self especially as contrasted with another self or the world
accrueto come into existence as a legally enforceable claim
monotonytedious sameness