GRE Word List
COMEUPPANCE
a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts
The meaning of the word comeuppance is a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts.
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| peon | any of various workers in India, Sri Lanka, or Malaysia: such as |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
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| inept | generally incompetent : bungling |
| psychosomatic | of, relating to, concerned with, or involving both mind and body |
| malodorous | having a bad odor |
| malingerer | to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work) |
| tread | to step or walk on or over |
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| ceremonious | devoted to forms and ceremony |