GRE Word List
COMEUPPANCE
a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts
The meaning of the word comeuppance is a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| animated | endowed with life or the qualities of life : alive |
| kneel | to position the body so that one or both knees rest on the floor |
| reproach | an expression of rebuke or disapproval |
| partiality | the quality or state of being partial : bias |
| prod | to thrust a pointed instrument into : prick |
| obliterate | to remove utterly from recognition or memory |
| fallow | of a light yellowish-brown color |
| exhume | disinter |
| urge | to present, advocate, or demand earnestly or pressingly |
| tantamount | equivalent in value, significance, or effect |