GRE Word List
RETRIBUTION
recompense
The meaning of the word retribution is recompense.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| seedy | containing or full of seeds |
| irreparable | not reparable : irremediable |
| primp | to dress, adorn, or arrange in a careful or finicky manner |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| trenchant | keen |
| oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |
| disconsolate | cheerless |
| effigy | an image or representation especially of a person |
| kaleidoscope | an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns |
| asteroid | any of the small rocky celestial bodies found especially between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter |