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 |
|---|---|
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| cursive | running |
| natation | the action or art of swimming |
| impassive | giving no sign of feeling or emotion : expressionless |
| gust | the sensation of taste |
| complementary | serving to fill out or complete |
| embargo | an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| jocular | said or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful |
| warranted | sanction |