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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|---|---|
| grisly | inspiring horror or intense fear |
| fraudulent | characterized by, based on, or done by fraud : deceitful |
| parry | to ward off a weapon or blow |
| callous | being hardened and thickened |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |
| sheer | unqualified |
| defiance | the act or an instance of defying : challenge |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
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