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 |
|---|---|
| gullible | easily duped or cheated |
| rebuff | to reject or criticize sharply : snub |
| liquidate | to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) |
| occult | to shut off from view or exposure : cover |
| scanty | limited or less than sufficient in degree, quantity, or extent |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| slight | having a slim or delicate build : not stout or massive in body |
| enormity | an outrageous, improper, vicious, or immoral act |
| extrapolation | to predict by projecting past experience or known data |