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 |
|---|---|
| ethos | the distinguishing character, sentiment, moral nature, or guiding beliefs of a person, group, or institution |
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |
| juridical | of or relating to the administration of justice or the office of a judge |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| subtlety | the quality or state of being subtle |
| acumen | keenness and depth of perception, discernment, or discrimination especially in practical matters |
| decollete | wearing a strapless or low-necked dress |
| exodus | the mainly narrative second book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture see Bible Table |