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 |
|---|---|
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |
| intractable | not easily governed, managed, or directed |
| metrical | of, relating to, or composed in meter |
| doff | to remove (an article of wear) from the body |
| overturn | to cause to turn over : upset |
| manumit | to release from slavery |
| humane | marked by compassion, sympathy, or consideration for humans or animals |
| wrongheaded | stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles |
| torque | a force that produces or tends to produce rotation or torsion |