GRE Word List
RETALIATE
to return like for like
The meaning of the word retaliate is to return like for like.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| apprehensive | viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future |
| rapture | an expression or manifestation of ecstasy or passion |
| eddy | a current of water or air running contrary to the main current |
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| wring | to squeeze or twist especially so as to make dry or to extract moisture or liquid |
| jibe | to be in accord : agree |
| regicide | a person who kills a king |
| odyssey | a long wandering or voyage usually marked by many changes of fortune |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| unaccountable | not to be accounted for : inexplicable |