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 |
|---|---|
| glimmer | to shine faintly or unsteadily |
| stentorian | extremely loud |
| debar | to bar from having or doing something : preclude |
| wring | to squeeze or twist especially so as to make dry or to extract moisture or liquid |
| complaisant | marked by an inclination to please or oblige |
| stint | a period of time spent at a particular activity |
| parody | a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule |
| bombardment | a late medieval cannon used to hurl large stones |
| deadpan | marked by an impassive matter-of-fact manner, style, or expression |
| analgesic | an agent producing diminished sensation to pain without loss of consciousness : a drug that is used to relieve pain and produce analgesia |