GRE Word List
RETRIBUTION
recompense
The meaning of the word retribution is recompense.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| woe | a condition of deep suffering from misfortune, affliction, or grief |
| brisk | keenly alert : lively |
| cession | a yielding to another : concession |
| quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |
| entail | to impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| occult | to shut off from view or exposure : cover |
| impeccable | free from fault or blame : flawless |
| egregious | conspicuous |