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 |
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| topography | the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| dotage | a state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness |
| hamper | to restrict the movement of by bonds or obstacles : impede |
| scion | descendant |
| stanch | to check or stop the flowing of |
| fundamental | serving as a basis supporting existence or determining essential structure or function : basic |
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |
| introspective | characterized by examination of one's own thoughts and feelings : thoughtfully reflective : employing, marked by, or tending to introspection |
| contiguous | being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point |