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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WordMeaning
prudea person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum
retortto pay or hurl back : return
petulantinsolent or rude in speech or behavior
dossiera file containing detailed records on a particular person or subject
antiquityancient times
amputateto remove by or as if by cutting
ruminateto go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly
transmuteto change or alter in form, appearance, or nature and especially to a higher form
mottledmarked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors
apocryphalof doubtful authenticity : spurious