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 |
|---|---|
| trample | tramp |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| eloquence | discourse marked by force and persuasiveness |
| tantalize | to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| ignite | to set afire |
| explicate | to give a detailed explanation of |
| bastion | a projecting part of a fortification |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| prepossessing | creating prejudice |