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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| drastic | acting rapidly or violently |
| deranged | mentally unsound : crazy |
| vertex | the top of the head |
| sanction | a formal decree |
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| stellar | of or relating to the stars : astral |
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| yield | to bear or bring forth as a natural product especially as a result of cultivation |
| affiliation | the state or relation of being closely associated or affiliated with a particular person, group, party, company, etc. |
| expostulation | an act or an instance of expostulating |