GRE Word List
COMEBACK
retort; quick clever reply; return to former status
The meaning of the word comeback is retort; quick clever reply; return to former status.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| diatribe | bitter scolding or denunciation; invective; abuse |
| menial | suitable for servants; lowly; mean; N: someone who does menial work (esp. servant in a house) |
| crevice | crack; fissure |
| metaphor | implied comparison; CF. simile |
| gratis | free; without charge; ADJ. |
| connoisseur | person competent to act as a judge of art, etc. (whose judgments are respected); a lover of an art |
| gamut | entire range |
| machinations | evil schemes or plots; schemes or plots to achieve an evil end; V. machinate |
| mediate | settle a dispute through the services of an outsider; act as an intermediary; produce by mediating; Ex. mediate a cease-fire |
| hackneyed | commonplace; trite |