GRE Word List
RETORT
to pay or hurl back : return
The meaning of the word retort is to pay or hurl back : return.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| annotate | to make or furnish critical or explanatory notes or comment |
| fallacious | embodying a fallacy |
| ruminate | to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly |
| advocate | one who defends or maintains a cause or proposal |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| incredulity | the quality or state of being incredulous : disbelief |
| trivia | unimportant matters : trivial facts or details |
| inconsequential | of no significance : unimportant |
| drip | to let fall in drops |
| orator | one who delivers an oration |