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 |
|---|---|
| concatenate | linked together |
| mitigate | to cause to become less harsh or hostile : mollify |
| impenetrable | incapable of being penetrated or pierced |
| gaunt | excessively thin and angular |
| accomplice | one associated with another especially in wrongdoing |
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |
| irreparable | not reparable : irremediable |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| covert | not openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : veiled |
| meteoric | of or relating to a meteor |