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 |
|---|---|
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| token | a piece resembling a coin issued for use (as for fare on a bus) by a particular group on specified terms |
| stockade | a line of stout posts set firmly to form a defense |
| contravene | to go or act contrary to : violate |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |
| prelude | an introductory performance, action, or event preceding and preparing for the principal or a more important matter |
| deference | respect and esteem due a superior or an elder |
| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |