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 |
|---|---|
| accost | to approach and speak to (someone) in an often challenging or aggressive way |
| wilt | loose freshness; droop |
| drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |
| overture | an initiative toward agreement or action : proposal |
| diverge | to move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart |
| flux | a flowing of fluid from the body: such as |
| passive | acted upon by an external agency |
| hone | to sharpen or smooth with a whetstone |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| avow | to declare assuredly |