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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opalescentreflecting an iridescent light
remonstrateto present and urge reasons in opposition : expostulate
illusivebased on or producing illusion : illusory
dissimulateto hide under a false appearance
gangrenelocal death of soft tissues due to loss of blood supply
adverseacting against or in a contrary direction : hostile
satiatefilled to satiety
expletivea syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense
discriminateto mark or perceive the distinguishing or peculiar features of
bloatedoverfilled and extended with liquid, gas, food, etc.