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 |
|---|---|
| capsize | to cause to overturn |
| proviso | an article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition |
| moribund | being in the state of dying : approaching death |
| attentive | mindful |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| accost | to approach and speak to (someone) in an often challenging or aggressive way |
| deplore | to feel or express grief for |
| vacuous | emptied of or lacking content |
| wrongheaded | stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles |
| drip | to let fall in drops |