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 |
|---|---|
| abase | to lower in rank, office, prestige, or esteem |
| ambidextrous | using both hands with equal ease or dexterity |
| bogus | not genuine : counterfeit |
| esoteric | designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| perfunctory | characterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical |
| expatriate | banish |
| talisman | an object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune |
| executor | one who executes something |
| missile | capable of being thrown or projected to strike a distant object |