GRE Word List
RETRIBUTION
recompense
The meaning of the word retribution is recompense.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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reputed | having a good repute : reputable |
tribute | something given or contributed voluntarily as due or deserved |
putrefy | to make putrid |
dawdle | to spend time idly |
phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
relegate | to send into exile : banish |
gruesome | inspiring horror or repulsion : grisly |
impinge | encroach |
distrait | apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted |
clemency | disposition to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment due |