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 |
|---|---|
| adorn | to enhance the appearance of especially with beautiful objects |
| outlook | a place offering a view |
| foolhardy | foolishly adventurous and bold : rash |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| riddle | a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum |
| optimum | the amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| relegate | to send into exile : banish |
| extrinsic | not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous |
| fecundity | fruitful in offspring or vegetation : prolific |