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 |
|---|---|
| ego | the self especially as contrasted with another self or the world |
| canny | clever |
| brawny | muscular |
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |
| patina | a usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color |
| stereotype | to make a stereotype from |
| disquietude | anxiety |
| libidinous | having or marked by lustful desires : lascivious |
| insouciant | lighthearted unconcern : nonchalance |
| stigma | a mark of shame or discredit : stain |