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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| hilarity | boisterous merriment or laughter |
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| incoherent | lacking coherence: such as |
| profusion | lavish expenditure : extravagance |
| archaeology | the scientific study of material remains (such as tools, pottery, jewelry, stone walls, and monuments) of past human life and activities |
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| temperament | characteristic or habitual inclination or mode of emotional response |
| retrospective | of, relating to, or given to retrospection |