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 |
|---|---|
| tureen | a deep and usually covered bowl from which foods (such as soup) are served |
| fictitious | of, relating to, or characteristic of fiction : imaginary |
| corpulent | having a large bulky body : obese |
| threadbare | having the nap worn off so that the thread shows : shabby |
| culpable | meriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful |
| scurry | to move in or as if in a brisk pace : scamper |
| ramshackle | appearing ready to collapse : rickety |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| sobriety | the quality or state of being sober |
| fathomless | incapable of being fathomed : immeasurable |