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 |
|---|---|
| graze | to feed on growing herbage, attached algae, or phytoplankton |
| correlate | either of two things so related that one directly implies or is complementary to the other (such as husband and wife) |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| enamored | affected by strong feelings of love, admiration, or fascination |
| complementary | serving to fill out or complete |
| abase | to lower in rank, office, prestige, or esteem |
| attribute | a quality, character, or characteristic ascribed to someone or something |
| scabbard | a sheath for a sword, dagger, or bayonet |
| sepulcher | a place of burial : tomb |
| adore | to worship or honor as a deity or as divine |