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 |
|---|---|
| depravity | a corrupt act or practice |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |
| pell-mell | in mingled confusion or disorder |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| habitat | the place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows |
| savory | having savor: such as |
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |
| edify | to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift |
| volatile | characterized by or subject to rapid or unexpected change |
| transcendental | transcendent |