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 |
|---|---|
| mottled | marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors |
| gesticulation | the act of making gestures |
| anathema | someone or something intensely disliked or loathed |
| threat | an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage |
| invulnerable | incapable of being wounded, injured, or harmed |
| forsake | to renounce or turn away from entirely |
| adapt | to make fit (as for a new use) often by modification |
| tan | to make (skin) tan especially by exposure to the sun |
| obeisance | a movement of the body made in token of respect or submission : bow |
| stately | marked by lofty or imposing dignity |