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 |
|---|---|
| buffoonery | foolish or playful behavior or practice |
| entice | to attract artfully or adroitly or by arousing hope or desire : tempt |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| holocaust | a sacrifice (see sacrifice |
| spartan | a native or inhabitant of ancient Sparta |
| discredit | to refuse to accept as true or accurate : disbelieve |
| sedition | incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority |
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| aesthetic | of, relating to, or dealing with aesthetics or the beautiful |
| fugitive | running away or intending flight |