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 |
|---|---|
| berserk | an ancient Scandinavian warrior frenzied in battle and held to be invulnerable |
| exasperate | to cause irritation or annoyance to |
| coax | to influence or gently urge by caressing or flattering : wheedle |
| rift | fissure |
| ferment | to undergo fermentation |
| pulpit | an elevated platform or high reading desk used in preaching or conducting a worship service |
| prey | an animal taken by a predator as food |
| strew | to spread by scattering |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| voluble | easily rolling or turning : rotating |