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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abstemiousmarked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol
homogeneousof the same or a similar kind or nature
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leewayan allowable margin of freedom or variation : tolerance
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frictionthe rubbing of one body against another
endorseto write on the back of
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