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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WordMeaning
ecclesiasticecclesiastical
abateto decrease in force or intensity
prestigestanding or estimation in the eyes of people : weight or credit in general opinion
consonantbeing in agreement or harmony : free from elements making for discord
anecdotea usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident
psychosisa serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions
bargainan agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other
contextthe parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning
imputeto lay the responsibility or blame for (something) often falsely or unjustly
fraileasily led into evil