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 |
|---|---|
| resound | to become filled with sound : reverberate |
| magistrate | an official entrusted with administration of the laws: such as |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| mote | a small particle : speck |
| dynamo | generator |
| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |
| aspire | to seek to attain or accomplish a particular goal |
| consequential | of the nature of a secondary result : indirect |
| matinee | a musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon |
| stamina | the bodily or mental capacity to sustain a prolonged stressful effort or activity : endurance |