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 |
|---|---|
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| homogeneous | of the same or a similar kind or nature |
| morbid | of, relating to, or characteristic of disease |
| leeway | an allowable margin of freedom or variation : tolerance |
| billowing | wave |
| commiserate | to feel or express sympathy : condole |
| friction | the rubbing of one body against another |
| endorse | to write on the back of |
| arch- | a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening) |
| goad | to incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad |