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 |
|---|---|
| practical | of, relating to, or manifested in practice or action : not theoretical or ideal |
| pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |
| cryptic | secret |
| ovoid | resembling an egg in shape : ovate |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| feral | of, relating to, or suggestive of a wild beast |
| septic | of, relating to, or causing putrefaction |
| concomitant | accompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way |
| spin | to draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread |
| fray | a usually disorderly or protracted fight, struggle, or dispute |