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 |
|---|---|
| brawn | the flesh of a boar |
| natty | trimly neat and tidy : smart |
| recuperate | to get back : regain |
| glib | showing little forethought or preparation : offhand |
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
| slapdash | haphazard |
| pedigree | a register recording a line of ancestors |
| delineate | to describe, portray, or set forth with accuracy or in detail |
| clot | a portion of a substance adhering together in a thick nondescript mass (as of clay or gum) |