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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| Word | Meaning |
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| parameter | an arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves) |
| volition | the power of choosing or determining : will |
| bombast | pretentious inflated speech or writing |
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| plummet | to fall perpendicularly |
| underlying | lying beneath or below |
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| inerrancy | exemption from error : infallibility |
| manifold | marked by diversity or variety |
| reimburse | to pay back to someone : repay |