GRE Word List
RETRIBUTION
recompense
The meaning of the word retribution is recompense.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| usury | the lending of money with an interest charge for its use |
| dissertation | an extended usually written treatment of a subject |
| discount | a reduction made from the gross (see gross |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| ennui | a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction : boredom |
| compartment | a separate division or section |
| delete | to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| destitute | lacking something needed or desirable |
| novelty | something new or unusual |