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 |
|---|---|
| outstrip | to go faster or farther than |
| forswear | to make a liar of (oneself) under or as if under oath |
| replenish | to fill or build up again |
| upshot | the final result : outcome |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |
| aloof | removed or distant either physically or emotionally |
| ford | a shallow part of a body of water that may be crossed by wading |
| seethe | to suffer violent internal excitement |
| slander | to utter slander against : defame |
| pedigree | a register recording a line of ancestors |