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 |
|---|---|
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra |
| incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
| illusory | based on or producing illusion : deceptive |
| environ | encircle |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| evasive | tending or intended to evade : equivocal |
| judicious | having, exercising, or characterized by sound judgment |
| blunt | having an edge or point that is not sharp |
| grievance | a cause of distress (such as an unsatisfactory working condition) felt to afford reason for complaint or resistance |