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

WordMeaning
mosaica surface decoration made by inlaying small pieces of variously colored material to form pictures or patterns
touchymarked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation
dismissto permit or cause to leave
wrestto pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements
anointto smear or rub with oil or an oily substance
anthropoidany of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets)
mercenaryone that serves merely for wages
corpusclea minute particle
nurturetraining
crossa structure consisting of an upright with a transverse beam used especially by the ancient Romans for execution