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 |
|---|---|
| memorialize | to address or petition by a memorial |
| plait | pleat |
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| lance | a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry |
| dissertation | an extended usually written treatment of a subject |
| vouch | to supply supporting evidence or testimony |
| bluster | to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats |
| sow | an adult female swine |
| ratify | to approve and sanction formally : confirm |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |