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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WordMeaning
zesta piece of the peel of a citrus fruit (such as an orange or lemon) used as flavoring
reconditedifficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep
sustenancemeans of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living
contusioninjury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise
lampoonsatire
manumitto release from slavery
genuflectto bend the knee
acquiesceto accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively
discriminatingmaking a distinction : distinguishing
retractto draw back or in