GRE Word List

RETALIATE

to return like for like

The meaning of the word retaliate is to return like for like.

Random words

WordMeaning
counterpartone of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate
mammalany of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans
impermeablenot permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance
lachrymosegiven to tears or weeping : tearful
pitfalltrap
sovereignone possessing or held to possess supreme political power or sovereignty
intermediarymediator
jumbleto move in a confused or disordered manner
ignominydeep personal humiliation and disgrace
dementedmad