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 |
|---|---|
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| hallowed | holy |
| reek | smoke |
| affliction | a cause of persistent pain or distress |
| apex | the uppermost point : vertex |
| hibernate | to pass the winter in a torpid or resting state |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| tome | book |
| bombardment | a late medieval cannon used to hurl large stones |
| strut | to become turgid : swell |