GRE Word List
RETALIATE
to return like for like
The meaning of the word retaliate is to return like for like.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| largess | liberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior |
| provisional | serving for the time being : temporary |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| implement | a device used in the performance of a task : tool |
| pluck | to pull or pick off or out |
| dowse | to plunge into water |
| condign | deserved |
| pigment | a substance that imparts black or white or a color to other materials |
| oblivion | the fact or condition of not remembering : a state marked by lack of awareness or consciousness |