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 |
|---|---|
| overwhelm | upset |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| cosmic | of or relating to the cosmos, the extraterrestrial vastness, or the universe in contrast to the earth alone |
| surge | to rise and fall actively : toss |
| errant | behaving wrongly |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| weird | of strange or extraordinary character : odd |
| motto | a sentence, phrase, or word inscribed on something as appropriate to or indicative of its character or use |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| hide | to put out of sight : secrete |