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 |
|---|---|
| retinue | a group of retainers or attendants |
| terse | using few words : devoid of superfluity |
| pudding | blood sausage |
| pejorative | a word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation |
| despoil | to strip of belongings, possessions, or value : pillage |
| vitiate | to make faulty or defective : impair |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| indenture | a document or a section of a document that is indented |
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