GRE Word List
RETRIBUTION
recompense
The meaning of the word retribution is recompense.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| whimsical | resulting from or characterized by whim or caprice |
| consequential | of the nature of a secondary result : indirect |
| duress | forcible restraint or restriction |
| remonstrate | to present and urge reasons in opposition : expostulate |
| selective | of, relating to, or characterized by selection : selecting or tending to select |
| mercenary | one that serves merely for wages |
| emancipate | to free from restraint, control, or the power of another |
| smudge | to make a smudge on |
| quicksilver | mercury |
| platonic | of, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or Platonism |