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 |
|---|---|
| graduate | to receive an academic degree or diploma |
| intuition | the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| commemorative | intended as a commemoration |
| dislodge | to drive from a position of hiding, defense, or advantage |
| detraction | a lessening of reputation or esteem especially by envious, malicious, or petty criticism : belittling |
| domineer | to exercise arbitrary or overbearing control |
| prune | a plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation |
| terminus | either end of a transportation line or travel route |
| sporadic | occurring occasionally, singly, or in irregular or random instances |