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 |
|---|---|
| matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |
| noncommittal | giving no clear indication of attitude or feeling |
| peregrination | to travel especially on foot : walk |
| mute | unable to speak : lacking the power of speech |
| consign | to give over to another's care |
| preposterous | contrary to nature, reason, or common sense : absurd |
| discount | a reduction made from the gross (see gross |
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
| hypercritical | meticulously or excessively critical |
| anachronism | an error in chronology |