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 |
|---|---|
| trivia | unimportant matters : trivial facts or details |
| rebuke | to criticize sharply : reprimand |
| harangue | a speech addressed to a public assembly |
| wistful | full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy |
| painstaking | taking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort |
| compost | a mixture that consists largely of decayed organic matter and is used for fertilizing and conditioning land |
| collateral | property (such as securities) pledged by a borrower to protect the interests of the lender |
| repulse | to drive or beat back : repel |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| compulsion | an act of compelling |