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 |
|---|---|
| rescind | to take away : remove |
| prune | a plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| equivocal | subject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse |
| distinct | distinguishable to the eye or mind as being discrete (see discrete |
| scheme | a plan or program of action |
| reminiscence | apprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence |
| rabble | a disorganized or confused collection of things |
| assert | to state or declare positively and often forcefully or aggressively |
| arbitrary | existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will |