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 |
|---|---|
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| trickle | to issue or fall in drops |
| aperture | an opening or open space : hole |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| hut | an often small and temporary dwelling of simple construction : shack |
| dissent | to withhold assent or approval |
| helm | a lever or wheel controlling the rudder of a ship for steering |
| penetrate | to pass into or through |
| proxy | the agency, function, or office of a deputy who acts as a substitute for another |
| indite | make up |