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 |
|---|---|
| lounge | to act or move idly or lazily : loaf |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| feasible | capable of being done or carried out |
| strident | characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound |
| pan | a usually broad, shallow, and open container for domestic use (as for cooking) |
| illusive | based on or producing illusion : illusory |
| heterodox | contrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion : unorthodox |
| ineffectual | not producing the proper or intended effect : futile |
| climactic | of, relating to, or constituting a climax |
| virulent | marked by a rapid, severe, and destructive course |