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 |
|---|---|
| perspicuous | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| glaring | having a fixed look of hostility, fierceness, or anger |
| pendulous | poised without visible support |
| expunge | to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion |
| lap | a loose overlapping or hanging panel or flap especially of a garment |
| lucrative | producing wealth : profitable |
| inductive | of, relating to, or employing mathematical or logical induction |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| concave | hollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl |
| ossify | to change into bone |