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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hoard | a supply or fund stored up and often hidden away |
antler | one of the paired deciduous solid bony processes that arise from the frontal bone on the head of an animal of the deer family |
plait | pleat |
vehement | marked by forceful energy : powerful |
induce | to move by persuasion or influence |
reverend | worthy of reverence : revered |
engaged | involved in activity : occupied |
icon | a person or thing widely admired especially for having great influence or significance in a particular sphere |
forge | a furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought : smithy |
fiasco | a complete failure |