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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| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| providence | divine guidance or care |
| filth | foul or putrid matter |
| saccharine | of, relating to, or resembling that of sugar |
| crone | a cruel or ugly old woman |
| sprout | to grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout |
| flush | to fly away suddenly |
| deposition | a testifying especially before a court |
| thwart | to oppose successfully : defeat the hopes or aspirations of |
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