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 |
|---|---|
| recalcitrant | obstinately defiant of authority or restraint |
| glut | to flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand |
| impetuous | marked by impulsive vehemence or passion |
| provincial | the superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order |
| cataract | a clouding of the lens of the eye or of its surrounding transparent membrane that obstructs the passage of light |
| callus | a thickening of or a hard thickened area on skin or bark |
| temperate | having a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature |
| polar | of or relating to a geographic pole or the region around it |
| testy | easily annoyed : irritable |
| intrinsic | belonging to the essential nature or constitution of a thing |