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 |
|---|---|
| imperturbable | marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness : serene |
| tyranny | oppressive power |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |
| delirium | an acute (see acute |
| rightful | just |
| angular | forming an angle : sharp-cornered |
| mutability | prone to change : inconstant |
| cognizance | a distinguishing mark or emblem (such as a heraldic bearing) |
| dowse | to plunge into water |
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |