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 |
|---|---|
| carnivorous | subsisting or feeding on animal tissues |
| functional | of, connected with, or being a function |
| subtlety | the quality or state of being subtle |
| exact | to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain |
| disport | sport |
| scad | any of several carangid fishes (especially of the genus Decapterus) |
| retract | to draw back or in |
| brim | an upper or outer margin : verge |
| vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |
| commensurate | corresponding in size, extent, amount, or degree : proportionate |