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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| shove | to push along |
| revulsion | a strong pulling or drawing away : withdrawal |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| acquittal | a setting free from the charge of an offense by verdict, sentence, or other legal process |
| woeful | full of woe : grievous |
| healthy | enjoying good health |
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
| meager | having little flesh : thin |
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |
| lucid | suffused with light : luminous |