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 |
|---|---|
| antler | one of the paired deciduous solid bony processes that arise from the frontal bone on the head of an animal of the deer family |
| irreproachable | not reproachable : blameless |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| charisma | a personal magic of leadership arousing special popular loyalty or enthusiasm for a public figure (such as a political leader) |
| diatribe | a bitter and abusive speech or piece of writing |
| eulogy | a commendatory oration or writing especially in honor of one deceased |
| grandeur | the quality or state of being grand : magnificence |
| annihilate | to cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains |
| inundate | overwhelm |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |