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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|---|---|
| scurry | to move in or as if in a brisk pace : scamper |
| inanimate | not animate: |
| automaton | a mechanism that is relatively self-operating |
| euphoria | a feeling of well-being or elation |
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| scotch | scottish |
| redress | to set right : remedy |
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| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| mote | a small particle : speck |