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 |
|---|---|
| dilate | to become enlarged or widened |
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |
| shangri-la | a remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia |
| levy | the imposition or collection of an assessment |
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |
| animated | endowed with life or the qualities of life : alive |
| smolder | to burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke |
| inexorable | not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless |
| sentimental | marked or governed by feeling, sensibility, or emotional idealism |
| prod | to thrust a pointed instrument into : prick |