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 |
|---|---|
| premonition | previous notice or warning : forewarning |
| agenda | a list or outline of things to be considered or done |
| asymmetric | having two sides or halves that are not the same : not symmetrical |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| crux | a puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question |
| abscond | to depart secretly and hide oneself |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| thwart | to oppose successfully : defeat the hopes or aspirations of |
| perennial | present at all seasons of the year |
| nexus | connection |