GRE Word List
COMEUPPANCE
deserts; well-deserved punishment or misfortune; rebuke
The meaning of the word comeuppance is deserts; well-deserved punishment or misfortune; rebuke.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| feral | (of an animal) not domestic; wild |
| tactful | careful no to cause offence; OP. tactless |
| commonplace | ordinary; N: something ordinary or common; trite remark |
| impel | drive or force onward; drive to take action; urge to action |
| diminution | lessening; reduction in size; V. diminish |
| crossbreed | hybridize; N: hybrid; CF. interbreed; CF. inbreed |
| adept | expert at; very skilled |
| graze | (of an animal) feed on growing grass; cause (an animal) to feed on grass; scrape (esp. the skin) or touch lightly in passing; brush; Ex. We can't graze the cattle till summer; N: surface wound |
| confidence | self-assurance; calm unworried feeling based on a strong belief in one's abilities; strong belief in the ability of a person or plan; trust or faith in a person or thing; something confided; secret; Ex. confidence in your ability; Ex. I'm telling you this in confidence; Ex. exchange confidences about their boyfriends; ADJ. confident |
| woeful | sad; (of something bad) deplorable; deplorably bad; Ex. woeful housing conditions |
