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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| amend | to put right |
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| expeditious | marked by or acting with prompt efficiency |
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| fallacious | embodying a fallacy |