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 |
|---|---|
| promiscuous | having or involving many sexual partners : not restricted to one sexual partner or few sexual partners |
| fluke | flatfish |
| interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |
| abdicate | to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| tickle | to touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| ego | the self especially as contrasted with another self or the world |
| accrue | to come into existence as a legally enforceable claim |
| monotony | tedious sameness |