GRE Word List
RETRIBUTION
recompense
The meaning of the word retribution is recompense.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| squelch | to fall or stamp on so as to crush |
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |
| insensible | incapable or bereft of feeling or sensation: such as |
| anneal | to heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle |
| haunt | to visit often : frequent |
| ignoble | characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness |
| underscore | to draw a line under : underline |
| slaughter | the act of killing |
| overbearing | tending to overwhelm : overpowering |