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 |
|---|---|
| errant | behaving wrongly |
| illimitable | incapable of being limited or bounded : measureless |
| slap | to strike sharply with or as if with the open hand |
| verbatim | in the exact words : word for word |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| waylay | to lie in wait for or attack (someone) from ambush |
| couple | two persons married, engaged, or otherwise romantically paired |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| psychosis | a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions |
| extrinsic | not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous |