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 |
|---|---|
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| reciprocal | inversely related : opposite |
| mete | to give out by measure : dole out |
| integral | essential to completeness : constituent |
| detached | standing by itself : separate |
| doctrinaire | stubbornly or excessively devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations |
| mollify | to soothe in temper or disposition : appease |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| effectual | producing or able to produce a desired effect |
| matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |