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 |
|---|---|
| purported | reputed |
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| squeamish | easily nauseated : queasy |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
| errant | behaving wrongly |
| pen | to shut in or as if in a pen |
| elaborate | planned or carried out with great care |
| fallible | liable to be erroneous |
| isthmus | a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas |