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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indifferentmarked by a lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern for something : apathetic
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conventionalformed by agreement or compact
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