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 |
|---|---|
| assiduous | showing great care, attention, and effort : marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application |
| convoke | to call together to a meeting |
| germinate | to cause to sprout or develop |
| chasm | a deep cleft in the surface of a planet (such as the earth) : gorge |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| aspirant | one who aspires |
| elucidate | to make lucid especially by explanation or analysis |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| agitate | to excite and often trouble the mind or feelings of : disturb |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |