GRE Word List
RETRIBUTION
recompense
The meaning of the word retribution is recompense.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reputed | having a good repute : reputable |
| tribute | something given or contributed voluntarily as due or deserved |
| putrefy | to make putrid |
| dawdle | to spend time idly |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| relegate | to send into exile : banish |
| gruesome | inspiring horror or repulsion : grisly |
| impinge | encroach |
| distrait | apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted |
| clemency | disposition to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment due |
