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 |
|---|---|
| anachronism | an error in chronology |
| celerity | rapidity of motion or action |
| significant | having meaning |
| boorish | resembling or befitting a rude or insensitive person : resembling or befitting a boor |
| wary | marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger |
| scanty | limited or less than sufficient in degree, quantity, or extent |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| insalubrious | not conducive to health : unwholesome |
| indolent | averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy |
| shunt | to turn off to one side : shift |