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 |
|---|---|
| dire | exciting horror |
| divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |
| dingy | dirty |
| pigment | a substance that imparts black or white or a color to other materials |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| distend | extend |
| ultimatum | a final proposition, condition, or demand |
| presentiment | a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition |
| metropolis | the chief or capital city of a country, state, or region |
| loft | an upper room or floor : attic |