GRE Word List
RETRIBUTION
recompense
The meaning of the word retribution is recompense.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| aria | air |
| render | to melt down |
| crotchety | given to crotchets (see crotchet |
| acerbity | the quality of being acerbic |
| malevolent | having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |
| tumid | marked by swelling : swollen |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| charisma | a personal magic of leadership arousing special popular loyalty or enthusiasm for a public figure (such as a political leader) |
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| disenfranchise | to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity |