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 |
|---|---|
| brook | creek |
| feasible | capable of being done or carried out |
| tepid | moderately warm : lukewarm |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |
| glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |
| myopic | affected by myopia : of, relating to, or exhibiting myopia : nearsighted |
| unsightly | not pleasing to the sight : not comely |
| explicate | to give a detailed explanation of |
| benign | of a mild type or character that does not threaten health or life |
| derogatory | expressive of a low opinion : disparaging |