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 |
|---|---|
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
| prehensile | adapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around |
| suppress | to put down by authority or force : subdue |
| leash | a line for leading or restraining an animal |
| hurl | rush |
| orient | to direct (something, such as a book or film) toward the interests of a particular group |
| suitor | one that petitions or entreats |
| connubial | of or relating to the married state : conjugal |
| hypercritical | meticulously or excessively critical |
| catharsis | purification or purgation of the emotions (such as pity and fear) primarily through art |