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 |
|---|---|
| protocol | an original draft, minute, or record of a document or transaction |
| infinitesimal | immeasurably or incalculably small |
| memorialize | to address or petition by a memorial |
| churlish | of, resembling, or characteristic of a churl : vulgar |
| rant | to talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner |
| violate | break |
| surfeit | an overabundant supply : excess |
| terse | using few words : devoid of superfluity |
| career | a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling |
| profligate | wildly extravagant |