GRE Word List
RETRIBUTION
recompense
The meaning of the word retribution is recompense.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ironic | relating to, containing, or constituting irony |
| subsidiary | furnishing aid or support : auxiliary |
| blunder | to move unsteadily or confusedly |
| fertile | producing or bearing many crops in great quantities : productive |
| crinkle | to form many short bends or ripples |
| politic | political |
| extrude | to force, press, or push out |
| astigmatism | a defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |