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 |
|---|---|
| interstice | a space that intervenes between things |
| nauseous | causing nausea or disgust : nauseating |
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |
| opalescent | reflecting an iridescent light |
| duration | continuance in time |
| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
| motility | the quality or state of being motile : capability of movement |
| bluster | to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats |