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 |
|---|---|
| appreciate | to grasp the nature, worth, quality, or significance of |
| incrustation | a crust or hard coating |
| lethargic | of, relating to, or characterized by laziness or lack of energy : feeling or affected by lethargy : sluggish |
| merit | a praiseworthy quality : virtue |
| effective | producing a decided, decisive, or desired effect |
| secrete | to form and give off (a secretion) |
| abominable | worthy of or causing disgust or hatred : detestable |
| usury | the lending of money with an interest charge for its use |
| lurid | causing horror or revulsion : gruesome |
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |