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 |
|---|---|
| egregious | conspicuous |
| supposition | something that is supposed : hypothesis |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| withstand | to stand up against : oppose with firm determination |
| lace | to draw together the edges of by or as if by a lace passed through eyelets |
| parable | a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle |
| conjecture | inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| elaborate | planned or carried out with great care |
| shackle | something (such as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms |