GRE Word List
COMEUPPANCE
a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts
The meaning of the word comeuppance is a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts.
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| libretto | the text of a work (such as an opera) for the musical theater |
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| artisan | a worker who practices a trade or handicraft : craftsperson |
| infinitesimal | immeasurably or incalculably small |
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| bluff | having a broad flattened front |
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| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |
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