GRE Word List
RETRIBUTION
recompense
The meaning of the word retribution is recompense.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| alms | something (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor |
| coagulate | to cause to become viscous or thickened into a coherent mass : curdle |
| rapacious | excessively grasping or covetous |
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| import | to bring from a foreign or external source: such as |
| resuscitate | to revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness |
| homage | a feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord |
| malodorous | having a bad odor |
| copious | yielding something abundantly |
| lilliputian | of, relating to, or characteristic of the Lilliputians or the island of Lilliput |