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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alchemya medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life
intolerantunable or unwilling to endure
impenetrableincapable of being penetrated or pierced
intransigencethe quality or state of being intransigent
equilibriuma state of intellectual or emotional balance : poise
delineateto describe, portray, or set forth with accuracy or in detail
pachydermany of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin
inductiveof, relating to, or employing mathematical or logical induction
refuseto express oneself as unwilling to accept
buoyanthaving buoyancy