GRE Word List
RETRIBUTION
recompense
The meaning of the word retribution is recompense.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| perquisite | a privilege, gain, or profit incidental to regular salary or wages |
| whim | a capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy |
| emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |
| intransigence | the quality or state of being intransigent |
| primp | to dress, adorn, or arrange in a careful or finicky manner |
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| impecunious | having very little or no money usually habitually : penniless |
| mauve | a moderate purple, violet, or lilac color |
| awe | an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime |
| propitiate | to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease |