GRE Word List
RETRIBUTION
recompense
The meaning of the word retribution is recompense.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lunar | crescent |
| onomatopoeia | the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (such as buzz, hiss) |
| pertinent | having a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand |
| masochist | a person who derives sexual gratification from being subjected to physical pain or humiliation : an individual given to masochism |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| encipher | to convert (a message) into cipher |
| terminal | leading ultimately to death : fatal |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| pestilential | causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly |
| decollete | wearing a strapless or low-necked dress |