GRE Word List
RETRIBUTION
recompense
The meaning of the word retribution is recompense.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| solecism | an ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |
| diverge | to move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart |
| leash | a line for leading or restraining an animal |
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| repress | to check by or as if by pressure : curb |
| celerity | rapidity of motion or action |
| hone | to sharpen or smooth with a whetstone |
| subjective | of, relating to, or constituting a subject: such as |
| fleck | streak |