GRE Word List
RETALIATE
to return like for like
The meaning of the word retaliate is to return like for like.
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august | marked by majestic dignity or grandeur |
partition | the action of parting : the state of being parted : division |
exculpate | to clear from alleged fault or guilt |
dysentery | a disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and usually caused by infection |
tranquillity | the quality or state of being tranquil |
complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |
pristine | belonging to the earliest period or state : original |
giddy | dizzy |
irksome | tending to irk : tedious |
nexus | connection |