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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| avantgarde | group of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods; CF. vanguard |
| apprehensive | viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future |
| canter | one who uses cant: such as |
| fickle | marked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability : given to erratic changeableness |
| wrongheaded | stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles |
| reverie | daydream |
| granulate | to form or crystallize into grains or granules |
| omnipotent | almighty |
| putrescent | undergoing putrefaction : becoming putrid |