GRE Word List
RETRIBUTION
recompense
The meaning of the word retribution is recompense.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |
| invincible | incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued |
| rasp | to rub with something rough |
| fell | skin |
| pragmatist | a practical approach to problems and affairs |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
| dauntless | incapable of being intimidated or subdued : fearless |
| remonstrate | to present and urge reasons in opposition : expostulate |
| phlegmatic | resembling, consisting of, or producing the humor phlegm |
| bromide | a binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives |