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 |
|---|---|
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| caliber | degree of mental capacity or moral quality |
| foil | to prevent from attaining an end : defeat |
| despise | to look down on with disrespect or aversion |
| libidinous | having or marked by lustful desires : lascivious |
| brevity | shortness of duration |
| craft | skill in planning, making, or executing : dexterity |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| synoptic | affording a general view of a whole |
| vignette | a picture (such as an engraving or photograph) that shades off gradually into the surrounding paper |