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 |
|---|---|
| blemish | to spoil by a flaw |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| proponent | one who argues in favor of something : advocate |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| ravage | an act or practice of ravaging |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| lunatic | affected with a severely disordered state of mind : insane |
| vulnerable | capable of being physically or emotionally wounded |
| unkempt | not combed |
| defalcate | deduct |