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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|---|---|
| wilt | loose freshness; droop |
| threat | an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage |
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| revoke | to annul by recalling or taking back : rescind |
| brood | the young of an animal or a family of young |
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| epicurean | of or relating to Epicurus or Epicureanism |
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| travesty | a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation |