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 |
|---|---|
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| dissonance | lack of agreement |
| outmoded | not being in style |
| analgesic | an agent producing diminished sensation to pain without loss of consciousness : a drug that is used to relieve pain and produce analgesia |
| crust | the hardened exterior or surface part of bread |
| trappings | outward signs |
| disseminate | to spread abroad as though sowing seed |
| ploy | escapade |
| coercion | the act, process, or power of coercing |
| hermitage | the habitation of a hermit |