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 |
|---|---|
| overweening | arrogant |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| pecuniary | consisting of or measured in money |
| monetary | of or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy |
| carnivorous | subsisting or feeding on animal tissues |
| executive | of or relating to the execution of the laws and the conduct of public and national affairs |
| inquisitor | one who inquires or makes inquisition |
| miscreant | unbelieving |
| swill | wash |
| imperious | marked by arrogant assurance : domineering |