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 |
|---|---|
| sprout | to grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| denotation | an act or process of denoting |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| groom | bridegroom |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| coquette | a woman who endeavors without sincere affection to gain the attention and admiration of men |
| gobble | to swallow or eat greedily |
| arduous | hard to accomplish or achieve : difficult |
| feint | something feigned |