GRE Word List
RETRIBUTION
recompense
The meaning of the word retribution is recompense.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| abhor | to regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for : loathe |
| sever | to put or keep apart : divide |
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |
| proponent | one who argues in favor of something : advocate |
| clarion | a medieval trumpet with clear shrill tones |
| orifice | an opening (such as a vent, mouth, or hole) through which something may pass |
| tether | a line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement |
| anoint | to smear or rub with oil or an oily substance |