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 |
|---|---|
| revelry | noisy partying or merrymaking |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |
| mete | to give out by measure : dole out |
| pathos | an element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion |
| altercation | a noisy, heated, angry dispute |
| supine | lying on the back or with the face upward |
| wangle | to resort to trickery or devious methods |
| impregnable | incapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable |
| arrogance | an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions |