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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| battalion | a considerable body of troops organized to act together : army |
| vintner | a wine merchant |
| historic | historical |
| tedium | the quality or state of being tedious : tediousness |
| bookish | of or relating to books |
| vicissitude | the quality or state of being changeable : mutability |
| knack | a special ready capacity that is hard to analyze or teach |
| rampant | rearing upon the hind legs with forelegs extended |
| quaff | to drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously |
| indubitable | too evident to be doubted : unquestionable |