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 |
|---|---|
| covenant | a usually formal, solemn, and binding agreement : compact |
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| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| incoherent | lacking coherence: such as |
| conundrum | an intricate and difficult problem |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
| painstaking | taking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort |
| facsimile | an exact copy |
| extant | currently or actually existing |