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 |
|---|---|
| lugubrious | mournful |
| valedictory | of or relating to a valediction : expressing or containing a farewell |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| pretend | to give a false appearance of being, possessing, or performing |
| imbue | endow |
| dysentery | a disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and usually caused by infection |
| mischance | bad luck |
| potent | having or wielding force, authority, or influence : powerful |
| definitive | serving to provide a final solution or to end a situation |
| acetic | vinegary |