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 |
|---|---|
| distinctive | marking as separate or different : serving to distinguish |
| welter | writhe |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| expansive | having a capacity or a tendency to expand |
| detrimental | obviously harmful : damaging |
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| miniature | a copy on a much reduced scale |
| elysian | of or relating to Elysium |
| irksome | tending to irk : tedious |
| peccadillo | a slight offense |