GRE Word List

RETRIBUTION

recompense

The meaning of the word retribution is recompense.

Random words

WordMeaning
denounceto pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil
feasiblecapable of being done or carried out
petrifyto convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter
dichotomya division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities
frictionthe rubbing of one body against another
elopeto run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent
digressionthe act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work
holstera leather or fabric case for carrying a firearm on the person (as on the hip or chest), on a saddle, or in a vehicle
bigotryobstinate or intolerant devotion to one's own opinions and prejudices : the state of mind of a bigot
institutionalizeto make into an institution : give character of an institution to