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 |
|---|---|
| prolific | producing young or fruit especially freely : fruitful |
| blithe | lacking due thought or consideration : casual |
| aghast | struck with terror, amazement, or horror : shocked and upset |
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| hinterlands | a region lying inland from a coast |
| sanguine | marked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic |
| cohere | to hold together firmly as parts of the same mass |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
| provocative | serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate |