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 |
|---|---|
| dissonance | lack of agreement |
| abusive | using harsh, insulting language |
| partisan | a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person |
| infallible | incapable of error : unerring |
| venture | to proceed especially in the face of danger |
| infantile | of or relating to infants or infancy |
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
| wan | suggestive of poor health : sickly |
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |
| askance | with disapproval or distrust : scornfully |