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 |
|---|---|
| counterpart | one of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| impermeable | not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance |
| lachrymose | given to tears or weeping : tearful |
| pitfall | trap |
| sovereign | one possessing or held to possess supreme political power or sovereignty |
| intermediary | mediator |
| jumble | to move in a confused or disordered manner |
| ignominy | deep personal humiliation and disgrace |
| demented | mad |