GRE Word List
RETRIBUTION
recompense
The meaning of the word retribution is recompense.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| lexicographer | an author or editor of a dictionary |
| reckon | count |
| cadaver | a dead body |
| hideous | offensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly |
| pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |
| acute | characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset |
| typhoon | a hurricane occurring especially in the region of the Philippines or the China sea |
| vehement | marked by forceful energy : powerful |
| sacrosanct | most sacred or holy : inviolable |