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 |
|---|---|
| hypercritical | meticulously or excessively critical |
| osseous | bony |
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| voluble | easily rolling or turning : rotating |
| obstreperous | marked by unruly or aggressive noisiness : clamorous |
| congruent | congruous |
| pragmatist | a practical approach to problems and affairs |
| well-bred | having or displaying the politeness and good manners associated especially with people of high social class |
| chip | a small usually thin and flat piece (as of wood or stone) cut, struck, or flaked off |
| compute | to determine especially by mathematical means |