GRE Word List

RETALIATE

to return like for like

The meaning of the word retaliate is to return like for like.

Random words

WordMeaning
maniacalaffected with or suggestive of madness
innuendoan oblique allusion : hint
sequesterto set apart : segregate
satiatefilled to satiety
bandyto discuss lightly or banteringly
intimatemarked by a warm friendship developing through long association
elopeto run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent
disembarkto remove to shore from a ship
pervertto cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt
stridentcharacterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound