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 |
|---|---|
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| render | to melt down |
| ingrained | forming a part of the essence or inmost being : deep-seated |
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
| slight | having a slim or delicate build : not stout or massive in body |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| slough | a place of deep mud or mire |
| primary | first in order of time or development : primitive |
| virulent | marked by a rapid, severe, and destructive course |
| odium | the state or fact of being subjected to hatred and contempt as a result of a despicable act or blameworthy circumstance |