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 |
|---|---|
| unexceptionable | not open to objection or criticism : beyond reproach : unimpeachable |
| supple | compliant often to the point of obsequiousness |
| cleave | to adhere firmly and closely or loyally and unwaveringly |
| autonomous | having the right or power of self-government |
| arbitrate | to act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both |
| dissertation | an extended usually written treatment of a subject |
| sobriety | the quality or state of being sober |
| scrappy | consisting of scraps |
| contingent | dependent on or conditioned by something else |
| stout | strong of character: such as |