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 |
|---|---|
| behemoth | a mighty animal described in Job 40:15–24 as an example of the power of God |
| importunate | troublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand |
| consequential | of the nature of a secondary result : indirect |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| implode | to burst inward |
| suffuse | to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush |
| troth | loyal or pledged faithfulness : fidelity |
| anachronism | an error in chronology |
| phenomena | phenomenon |