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 |
|---|---|
| bellicose | favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars |
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| concave | hollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl |
| convention | agreement |
| veritable | being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary |
| query | question |
| filigree | ornamental work especially of fine wire of gold, silver, or copper applied chiefly to gold and silver surfaces |
| unsightly | not pleasing to the sight : not comely |
| jab | to pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object |
| explicate | to give a detailed explanation of |