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 |
|---|---|
| raze | to destroy to the ground : demolish |
| hortatory | hortative |
| potential | existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality |
| indicative | serving to indicate |
| irksome | tending to irk : tedious |
| disport | sport |
| tryst | an agreement (as between lovers) to meet |
| compelling | that compels: such as |
| awe | an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime |
| mercantile | of or relating to merchants or trading |