GRE Word List
RETRIBUTION
recompense
The meaning of the word retribution is recompense.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| distill | to let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate |
| drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |
| contention | a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument |
| congeal | to change from a fluid to a solid state by or as if by cold |
| theocracy | government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided |
| temporal | of or relating to time as opposed to eternity |
| cringe | to recoil in distaste |
| detached | standing by itself : separate |
| placebo | a usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |