GRE Word List

RETORT

to pay or hurl back : return

The meaning of the word retort is to pay or hurl back : return.

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WordMeaning
retardto delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment
reciprocalinversely related : opposite
meteto give out by measure : dole out
integralessential to completeness : constituent
detachedstanding by itself : separate
doctrinairestubbornly or excessively devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations
mollifyto soothe in temper or disposition : appease
fatalisma doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them
effectualproducing or able to produce a desired effect
matrixsomething within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form