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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addictiona compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted
disputatiousinclined to dispute
indisputablenot disputable : unquestionable
yeomanan attendant or officer in a royal or noble household
torpedoa weapon for destroying ships by rupturing their hulls below the waterline: such as
embitterto excite bitter feelings in
imperialof, relating to, befitting, or suggestive of an empire or an emperor
unrequitednot requited : not reciprocated or returned in kind
wearyexhausted in strength, endurance, vigor, or freshness
choiran organized company of singers (as in a church service)