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 |
|---|---|
| indentation | the blank space produced by indenting : indention |
| diffuse | being at once verbose and ill-organized |
| denotation | an act or process of denoting |
| connubial | of or relating to the married state : conjugal |
| hail | precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps usually consisting of concentric layers of clear ice and compact snow |
| chortle | to sing or chant exultantly |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| crass | gross |
| aboriginal | being the first or earliest known of its kind present in a region |
| antecede | precede |