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 |
|---|---|
| cache | a hiding place especially for concealing and preserving provisions or implements |
| demean | to lower in character, status, or reputation |
| distort | to twist (see twist |
| nemesis | the Greek goddess of retributive justice |
| sartorial | of or relating to a tailor or tailored clothes |
| concise | marked by brevity of expression or statement : free from all elaboration and superfluous detail |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| ration | a food allowance for one day |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| cozen | to deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery |